Son finds ‘dead’ mom nonetheless inhaling coffin at her funeral
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son has spoken of his shock after his “dead” mother was discovered gasping for air and banging the within of her coffin at her personal funeral.
Bella Montoya, 76, was rushed again to hospital in Ecuador by shocked kin within the central metropolis of Babahoyo on Friday.
The retired nurse had been was declared useless at a hospital in Ecuador and the weird incident has prompted a authorities investigation into the hospital.
Her son Gilberto Barbera stated: “It gave us all a fright.”
“There were about 20 of us there. After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds.
“My mom was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and when we approached we could see that she was breathing heavily.”
Montoya had been admitted Friday on the hospital with a potential stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest, and when she didn’t reply to resuscitation a health care provider on responsibility declared her useless, the ministry stated.
Barbera stated his mom was unconscious when she was delivered to the emergency room and that a number of hours later a health care provider knowledgeable him she was useless and handed over id paperwork and a demise certificates.
Though he and kin rushed her again to the hospital Friday, she was nonetheless in severe situation Monday. She was below intubation, and medical doctors weren’t giving kin a lot hope about her prognosis, Barbera stated.
Ecuador’s Health Ministry stated that Montoya was nonetheless in intensive care Monday on the Martín Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo whereas the ministry investigates medical doctors concerned in her case.