Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:34 pm
#47970
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ju ... CMP=twt_gu
South African man thought to be dead wakes after 21 hours in morgue fridge
A man woke up to find himself in a morgue fridge, nearly a day after his family thought he had died, a South African health official said.
Health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said that the man, aged 50, woke on Sunday afternoon, 21 hours after his family had called in an undertaker who sent him to the morgue, believing he had died following an asthma attack.
Kupelo said the man started shouting, prompting workers at the morgue to run away. They eventually returned and removed him from the fridge. He was taken to hospital in Libode, Eastern Cape, and later discharged by doctors who deemed him stable.
The mortuary owner said his family were very happy to have him home.
Kupelo urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.
South African man thought to be dead wakes after 21 hours in morgue fridge
A man woke up to find himself in a morgue fridge, nearly a day after his family thought he had died, a South African health official said.
Health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said that the man, aged 50, woke on Sunday afternoon, 21 hours after his family had called in an undertaker who sent him to the morgue, believing he had died following an asthma attack.
Kupelo said the man started shouting, prompting workers at the morgue to run away. They eventually returned and removed him from the fridge. He was taken to hospital in Libode, Eastern Cape, and later discharged by doctors who deemed him stable.
The mortuary owner said his family were very happy to have him home.
Kupelo urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.
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