2023-06-18 13:04:05
After seven days in the intensive care unit, the woman died, the Ministry of Health in Quito confirmed via Twitter. During the hospital stay, she received comprehensive medical care and was regularly examined by specialists, the statement said on Friday (local time).
The woman was taken to a clinic in the city of Babahoyo (Los Ríos province) on June 9 with a suspected stroke. The doctor on duty declared her dead because she had not responded to resuscitation measures. When relatives were regarding to move the supposed corpse in the coffin for the funeral during her wake, the 76-year-old gave signs of life once more and breathed, as the newspaper “El Universo” reported, citing the family.
The Ministry of Health had announced that it would investigate the case. The government wants to clarify how it might happen that the woman was first mistakenly pronounced dead in the hospital and then almost buried.
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