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A 66-year-old woman who was presumed dead woke up gasping for air in a body bag at a US funeral home

A 66-year-old woman woke up in a body bag after she was mistakenly declared dead in the US last month.The care centre is now facing a R175,000 fine for the mistake. A 66-year-old hospice patient received the rudest of awakenings when she came to gasping for air inside a body bag at an American funeral home last month.

A nurse at Glen Oaks working the overnight shift on 3 January 2022, said the resident was slowly deteriorating over the course of the night, displaying diminished lung sounds, shallow breaths, and a decreasing pulse, according to incident documents. But less than an hour later, after the woman's body had been transported to the funeral home, an employee unzipped the bag and observed the resident's chest moving and gasping for air, officials said. The funeral home immediately called 911 and the hospice center, and emergency services arrived and transported the resident to the hospital.

Linda Eastman, the executive director of Glen Oaks, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, but told a

 

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