Woman found very much alive in morgue fridge

A woman was declared dead after suffering severe injuries in a car crash — but scared the life out of mortuary workers when they discovered she was still breathing.

The dead giveaway came when staffers at the Carleton morgue in South Africa pulled the woman’s body out of the refrigerator and found she was very much alive, according to Times Live.

The woman, who was not identified, was thought to have been fatally injured when she and others were ejected June 24 after a driver lost control of the car they were traveling in. Two others died.

Paramedics with Distress Alert, an ambulance company, checked her vitals and even used a machine, which showed no sign of life.

“This lady had severe and multiple injuries,” Distress Alert operations manager Gerrit Bradnick told the news site. “The injuries, especially to her head, were so bad, you could not work out her age or size.”

A mortuary source blamed the death debacle on paramedics.

“Paramedics are trained to determine death, not us,” the source said. “You never expect to open a fridge and find someone there alive. Can you imagine if we had begun the autopsy and killed her?”

The woman, from Gauteng, was immediately taken to Leratong Hospital in Krugersdorp, where she’s receiving care.

An investigation into the morbid mistake is under way, but Bradnick maintained that his company is not at fault.

“This did not happen because our paramedics are not properly trained,” he said. “There is no proof of any negligence by our crew.”

via:  https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/woman-found-very-much-alive-in-morgue-fridge/