An elderly Ecuadorian women woke inside her coffin after her wake and pounded on the lid to be let out. The woman was taken to the same state hospital that declared her dead two days earlier.
A viral video showed 76-year-old Bella Montoya in her open coffin breathing heavily while two men assist her. Her son, Gilbert Balberán, said “she was hitting the box” with her left hand after the five-hour wake. The incident occurred in the coastal town of Babahoyo, where the Martin Icaza public hospital issued a death certificate for the woman.
Ecuadoran media reported the unusual incident, with headlines celebrating the woman’s “resurrection”. “My mom is on oxygen. Her heart is stable. The doctor pinched her hand and she reacted,” Balberán said in an El Universo newspaper report. “They tell me that this is good, because it means that she is reacting little by little.”
Montoya was admitted to hospital with a suspected stroke “and went into cardio respiratory arrest without responding to resuscitation maneuvers, so the doctor on duty confirmed her death,” Ecuador’s Health Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said it had established a committee to investigate the incident and that it would supervise Montoya’s care.
“Little by little I am grasping what has happened. Now I only pray for my mother’s health to improve. I want her alive and by my side,” Balberán said.
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