A newborn baby boy from China who was declared dead and held in a morgue for cremation, came back to life and started crying just before he was going to be cremated.
The Chinese newborn was prepared for the morgue by his father who wrapped some clothes around him and was kept in a morgue at temperatures of around -12C for 15 hours while awaiting cremation.
NDTV reports:
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Workers at the crematorium in Pan’an in the eastern province of Zhejiang were preparing to cremate the baby on Friday when he suddenly starting moaning, provincial television reported.
The boy had been declared dead the day before and had spent 15 hours in the morgue at a temperature of about -12 degrees Celsius (10.4 F).
After finding the child alive, the crematorium notified his father and the baby was taken to a hospital intensive care unit.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen this. It’s a true miracle,” said a doctor at the Pan’an hospital where the infant was born prematurely in January.
The child spent 23 days in an incubator and was then taken home by his father, who wanted him there for the start of the Lunar New Year which began on Monday.
But the baby’s condition worsened a few days after returning home. He was declared dead on February 4 after a doctor decided his heart had stopped beating.
Before the baby was sent to the morgue, his father had wrapped him in two layers of clothing and a thick bag which may have saved his life.
However, doctors are cautious about his chances of recovery.
