Woman 'resurrected' in morgue after two hours in body bag
In the US, an elderly woman was mistaken for dead and sent to the morgue.
This is the situation that 82-year-old New York resident Janet Balducci found herself in at the end of her life.
The American spent the last year of her life in a nursing home, writes the Daily Mail . At first, she had no serious health problems.
But in recent months, chronic fatigue and loss of appetite have set in. Nursing home staff thought the woman was about to die.
One day they found her unconscious. The nurse, after examining her, declared her dead.
The woman's body was placed in a body bag. The American spent two hours in it before morgue staff saw that she was still breathing.
It turned out that Janet was alive, but she had deep vein thrombosis. It was this that caused her condition to worsen. Doctors fought for her life, but after her "resurrection" the woman lived less than a day.
Now the pensioner's children want to sue the nursing home. They accuse the institution's employees of negligence and disdainful attitude towards the residents.
They are confident that Janet would have lived longer if she had received timely help.
