Woman declared dead in US is found alive at funeral home

An employee who began preparing the woman's body noticed she was still breathing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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This is an awful story. The woman was in hospice care when she was pronounced dead, so she wakes up in a funeral home only to know she'll be back there soon. That's a real psychological nightmare scenario.
Man. You know it has to have happened at least once that a living person was embalmed anyway because the embalmer was just too busy to notice.
- One side benefit of embalming is that you never bury somebody alive. You’re definitely dead after embalming.