A 76-year-old lady who was wrongly declared {dead} and stunned members of the family by knocking on her coffin has now handed away.
Bella Montoya spent seven days in intensive care however died on Friday night after struggling a stroke, Ecuador‘s well being ministry stated.
She was beneath “everlasting surveillance” after the bizarre incident within the metropolis of Babahoyo, which prompted a authorities investigation into the hospital.
A technical committee has additionally been fashioned to evaluate how the hospital points dying certificates.
Her son Gilberto stated he’s but to obtain any medical rationalization of what occurred from authorities – and warned that issues “usually are not going to remain like this”.
He added that Ms Montoya’s sister had formally complained and was looking for to determine the physician who declared her {dead} to start with.
Mrs Montoya, a former nurse, was rushed again to hospital after spending 5 hours alive inside her coffin at a funeral residence on Friday.
“It gave us all a fright,” Mr Montoya stated.
“There have been about 20 of us there … After about 5 hours of the wake, the coffin began to make sounds.
“My mum was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and once we approached we may see that she was respiration closely.”
She has now been moved again to the identical funeral residence the place the incident initially occurred, and can be buried at a public graveyard.