'Dead' woman found to be still alive in body bag at morgue: reports

In Santa Catarina, Brazil, doctors at a regional clinic discover the death of an elderly woman. What hardly sounds obvious until then becomes a shock moment for a crematorium employee: When he is supposed to pick up the woman's body, he realizes that she is still breathing.

'Dead' woman found to be still alive in body bag at morgue: reports

A crematorium worker in Brazil found a 90-year-old woman still alive in a body bag after being pronounced dead, according to reports.

Brazil Woman, 90, Found Breathing Inside Body Bag

A 90-year-old woman was discovered breathing inside a body bag by a crematorium worker hours after being declared dead.

Woman wrongly declared dead feared to have asphyxiated after being zipped into bodybag

Norma Silveira da Silva, 90, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Sao Jose Regional Hospital in Brazil and zipped up into a body bag for two hours before a hospital worker found her alive

Woman declared dead by doctors found breathing in body bag hours later

Officials are now investigating how the error was made by hospital workers in Brazil.

Crematorium worker finds 90-year-old woman still alive in body bag after being pronounced dead

Norma Silveira da Silva, 90, was found still warm and breathing inside a body bag in a Brazilian hospital morgue, hours after being erroneously pronounced dead from a urinary tract infection.