A woman in New York is pronounced dead.
Hours later, she is spotted breathing again.
What's behind it?
New York City – A curious incident has occurred in a New York nursing home.
An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead but was found breathing again just three hours later,
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previously reported.
At 11:15 a.m., staff at Water's Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island, announced the woman's death.
At 1:30 p.m., she was handed over to the funeral home.
Only 39 minutes later, company employees noticed that the woman was alive.
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'Horrible Situation': Woman mistakenly pronounced dead
As a result, the employees of the funeral home handed you over to a hospital immediately.
The local authorities could not provide any information about the condition of the woman.
Apparently, the nursing home had erroneously determined the woman's death, so it was not some kind of resuscitation of the nursing home resident.
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A funeral home has found a woman who was pronounced dead alive.
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The case was transferred to the New York Attorney General's Office.
A spokesman said, "This is an appalling situation that has caused unnecessary trauma to the affected resident and her family." The incident comes just a month after a woman was wrongly pronounced dead in Iowa.
"My greatest fear": Netz shocked by the incident in a New York nursing home
The network reacted shocked to the incident in the nursing home.
A user comments on Facebook: "That's my biggest fear." Another user also writes: "I don't even want to know how often something like this happens, it's just terrible." It is still unclear whether the nursing home will be punished not clear.
The network, on the other hand, demands clear consequences.
"Those responsible for this must be held accountable," says one user.
Another commented: "If this is not punished, people act negligently.
It would be good to show that such action must have consequences.”
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