An Indian man woke up moments before his cremation, after a doctor was unable to perform his autopsy, a medical official confirmed to AFP on Saturday.
Rohitash Kumar, a 25-year-old young man who suffered from speech and hearing difficulties, fell ill and was taken to Jhunjhunu hospital in Rajasthan (north).
Indian media reported that he suffered an epileptic seizure and was declared dead by a doctor on arrival at the hospital.
The autopsy had not been performed
But the hospital’s chief doctor, D. Singh, told AFP that a doctor “prepared the post-mortem report without conducting the autopsy, and then the body was sent for cremation.”
The head doctor added that “shortly before” his cremation, “the body (…) began to move” but also that “he was alive and breathing.”
The young man was taken to the hospital a second time, but was pronounced dead on Friday.
Three doctors were suspended and police opened an investigation, the Times of India and other Indian media reported.
Source: BFM TV
