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Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:13 pm
by Mark
updated 8/5/2010 7:16:39 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - Authorities in Mexico say a newborn baby girl declared dead by doctors revived inside her coffin during her wake.
Hidalgo state Attorney General Jose Rodriguez says the parents heard a strange noise coming from the tiny casket. Opening it up, they found her crying and very much alive.
Rodriguez told state public radio Thursday that the doctor who pronounced the girl dead at a hospital in the town of Tulancingo is being investigated for possible negligence.
The baby, who was born prematurely Monday, is in stable condition at a different hospital.
Isn't this like everyones worst nightmare?
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:50 pm
by stitch626
Zombies???
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:55 pm
by Tyyr
Possible negligence? He declared a kid dead who wasn't!
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:56 pm
by stitch626
True, they might get a nice lawsuit out of this... well, in the US at least. No idea on Mexico's civil courts.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:16 pm
by Mikey
Tyyr wrote:Possible negligence? He declared a kid dead who wasn't!
Yes, the article said "possible" negligence. Then again it also said (my emphasis) -
they found her crying AND very much alive.
I think if you've stipulated the first part, you can pretty much assume the second.
But hey, I'm not all that familiar with Christian funeral practices. Isn't that why they call it a "wake?"
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:48 pm
by Deepcrush
I'm impressed they missed this... Normally they check for a pulse or breathing or something.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:49 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Deepcrush wrote:I'm impressed they missed this... Normally they check for a pulse or breathing or something.
Eh, Mexico.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:59 pm
by Sionnach Glic
That doctor should keep an eye out in case any relatives decide to have a few words with him.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:12 pm
by Deepcrush
Hell, he should be careful they don't stuff him in the coffin and bury him... without a 'wake'.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:44 pm
by McAvoy
stitch626 wrote:
Zombies???
I second this...
Seriously, isn't there a period between declared to be dead and putting the corpse in the coffin?
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:46 pm
by Mikey
Maybe they were waitng for el Dia de la Muerta?
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:01 pm
by McAvoy
...ok... My spanish sucks. What does that mean?
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:24 pm
by mwhittington
McAvoy wrote:...ok... My spanish sucks. What does that mean?
Day of the Dead, aka Cinco de Mayo.
Okay, first off, do they not embalm people in Mexico? And second, did that guy get his MD license out of a Cracker Jack box? If that were my child, I would make sure he would
NEVER make such a mistake again. A blowtorch and a pair of pliers might be required...
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:39 pm
by Nickswitz
Cinco de Mayo is not the day of the dead... Day of the Dead is the day before what we know as Halloween.
Re: Mexico Baby declared dead revives inside coffin
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:08 am
by Mikey
OK, my Spanish is off too. It's properly Dia de los Muertos, and you're all wrong about the date. It is traditionally celebrated on November 2nd, to follow All Saints' Day and coincide with All Souls' Day. It is a day to venerate, propitiate, and celebrate dead ancestors; and like santeria or modern voudun it is inextricably mixed with Catholic ideas.