Funerals are as a rule a tragic and sombre affair the place grieving individuals say goodbye to a much-loved good friend or relative who has died.

However, a wake in Ecuador took an surprising flip when a lady who had been declared lifeless began knocking on her coffin to disclose she was nonetheless very a lot alive.

The weird incident within the central metropolis of Babahoyo has prompted a authorities investigation into the hospital the place Bella Montoya was handled.

Mrs Montoya, a 76-year-old former nurse, was lifted out of her coffin and rushed again to hospital after the unfinished funeral on Friday.

Her relieved however shocked son Gilberto Barbera mentioned: "It gave us all a fright."

He added: "There were about 20 of us there.... After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds.

"My mum was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and once we approached we may see that she was respiratory closely."

Mr Barbera mentioned docs have instructed him his mom's state of affairs stays dire.

Mrs Montaya was in intensive care on the Martin Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo on Monday whereas the ministry investigates the docs concerned in her case, Ecuador's well being ministry mentioned.

A technical committee has additionally been fashioned to overview how the hospital points demise certificates, the ministry added.

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Mrs Montoya had initially been admitted to the hospital on Friday with a attainable stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest.

She was declared lifeless when she did not reply to resuscitation, the well being ministry added.

Mr Barbera mentioned his mom was unconscious when she was dropped at the emergency room and that a physician knowledgeable him a number of hours later that she was lifeless.

The physician then handed over id paperwork and a demise certificates.

Mrs Montoya is now underneath intubation and docs haven't been giving relations a lot hope about her prognosis, Mr Barbera mentioned.

No particulars have been launched concerning the physician who had prematurely declared the lady lifeless.