Dead baby wakes up at own funeral

[fuzzypickles]

ASUNCION - A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.

The family was given a death certificate and a cardboard box with the baby’s name scribbled on the outside which served as a makeshift coffin. But when the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, the unbelievable happened.

“I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said “the baby’s crying” … and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared,” said one member of the family, Liliana Alvarenga.

The hospital has begun an investigation and the baby is now in a stable condition in an incubator.

Story here.

[panache45]

They sure didn’t waste any time preparing for the funeral.

(I’d be scared too.)

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Based on comments after the article, it seems the child died. Sad.

[Freudian_Slit]

Did his family want him back?

[Darryl_Lict]

@IvoryTowerDenizen

Based on comments after the article, it seems the child died. Sad.

Hey, maybe it’ll make another comeback!

The poor baby was only 17 ounces. I’ve been to Paraguay, and I doubt their medical care is up to first world standards, which would be hard pressed to keep the baby alive.

[fuzzypickles]

@IvoryTowerDenizen

Based on comments after the article, it seems the child died. Sad.

Confirmed by BBC. Well, that just fucking sucks.

(I predict many glurge e-mails will omit that part, though…)

[VarlosZ]

@Darryl_Lict

The poor baby was only 17 ounces. I’ve been to Paraguay, and I doubt their medical care is up to first world standards, which would be hard pressed to keep the baby alive.

@Homer Simpson

America’s health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well…all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don’t live in Paraguay!

Also, the thread title sounds like a setup for a Dead Baby joke.

[Freudian_Slit]

All right, am I so wrong for not wanting him back? I’d be too creeped out. I’ve seen way too much horror

[Mahaloth]

I wonder if he would have lived if they had not declared him dead in the first place.

[Lord_Mondegreen]

Certainly a tragedy - the poor family.

I should know better than to read the feedback on stories like this, but there aren’t rolleyes for this one: “I sure don’t want Gov’t healthcare if this is the example.”