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A baby born prematurely was pronounced dead, but later was found to be alive.
ASUNCION - A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.
Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Asuncion, said the baby weighed just 17.6 ounces when he was born.
"Initially, the baby didn't move, he practically didn't have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead," Weber told Reuters Television.
The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby's name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin.
But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.
"I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said "the baby's crying" ... and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared," said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.
Hours after the baby's death had been declared he was found to be alive. The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.
Well now, that would be a shock.
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Baby declared 'dead' wakes up in time for his own funeral
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 03:18 PM
Innanna, on Aug 10 2009, 12:26 PM, said:
http://www.nydailyne...neral_wake.html
A baby born prematurely was pronounced dead, but later was found to be alive.
ASUNCION - A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.
Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Asuncion, said the baby weighed just 17.6 ounces when he was born.
"Initially, the baby didn't move, he practically didn't have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead," Weber told Reuters Television.
The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby's name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin.
But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.
"I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said "the baby's crying" ... and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared," said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.
Hours after the baby's death had been declared he was found to be alive. The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.
Well now, that would be a shock.
A baby born prematurely was pronounced dead, but later was found to be alive.
ASUNCION - A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.
Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Asuncion, said the baby weighed just 17.6 ounces when he was born.
"Initially, the baby didn't move, he practically didn't have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead," Weber told Reuters Television.
The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby's name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin.
But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.
"I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said "the baby's crying" ... and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared," said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.
Hours after the baby's death had been declared he was found to be alive. The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.
Well now, that would be a shock.
A shock? It would have given me a heart attack, I think.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 05:50 PM
Xadika, on Aug 10 2009, 05:06 PM, said:
I'd be just as pissed that they were sticking my dead spawn in a cardboard box. Wtf, don't I at least get a jar, or complimentary oversized wooden cigar box? Who do these people think they are?!
The "death" was in another country so that would explain it, if they would have wanted a casket, they would have had to pay dearly for it and they probably could not afford it. Here when you are cremated, your remains are put in a cardboard container and if your next of kin want something better, they have to pay for it and they aint cheap.
#19
Posted 10 August 2009 - 11:41 PM
Innanna, on Aug 10 2009, 03:50 PM, said:
The "death" was in another country so that would explain it, if they would have wanted a casket, they would have had to pay dearly for it and they probably could not afford it. Here when you are cremated, your remains are put in a cardboard container and if your next of kin want something better, they have to pay for it and they aint cheap.
Those greedy bastards. I still say a cigar box isnt that expensive. D=
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