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Woman Pronounced Dead Twice Dies For Real After Week in Hospital

  • A 76-year-old Ecuadorian woman was declared dead, then discovered alive in her coffin during her wake before dying a week later in the hospital.
  • Doctors declared the woman dead from an apparent stroke, but she awoke in her coffin during her wake, scaring mourners.
  • The woman was rushed to the hospital but never recovered, dying after a week of intensive care also from a stroke.
  • The woman's family has filed a complaint and is seeking an investigation into how she was wrongly declared dead the first time.
  • The Ecuadorian government has launched a review of how hospitals issue death certificates in the country.
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