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Morgue staff found the 18-month-old breathing hours after he was declared dead, prompting a Maricopa County investigation into the error.
- In February, an Arizona family experienced a nightmare when their eighteen month old toddler, Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino, was declared dead at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, only for morgue staff to discover he was still breathing hours later.
- Emergency services transported Vincent to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center after a backyard pool drowning incident; despite concerns from family and officers about signs of life, an emergency physician declared the toddler deceased at 6.20pm.
- Body camera footage acquired by KPNX shows the physician dismissing officer concerns about a pulse, allegedly telling them, "Please do your thing and let me do my thing," before the child was moved to a cold room.
- After being airlifted to Phoenix Children, Vincent spent 72 hours fighting for his life before being discharged, as the Maricopa County Attorney investigates how the error occurred, though the physician faces no criminal charges.
- The Fiordilino family has raised $25,060 on a GoFundMe page to support Vincent's ongoing therapy and medical needs, while the hospital called the incident "heartbreaking" and a lawyer for the physician noted there is "more to this case.
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Toddler Found Breathing in Hospital Morgue Hours After Being Declared Dead
An 18-month-old boy was found breathing inside a hospital morgue mere hours after being pronounced dead after an emergency visit to the ER. According to NBC News, the baby, Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino, had spent nearly six hours in a body storage room after an emergency room physician at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center pronounced him dead […] The post Toddler Found Breathing in Hospital Morgue Hours After Being Declared Dead appeared first on VICE.
Declared dead but was alive: a 3-year-old was taken to an emergency room in Arizona and found alive, while breathing inside the cold room...
After a pool accident, 18-month-old Vincent was considered dead – but he was breathing again in the morgue. Now doctors and parents are being investigated.
In the United States, an investigation was opened after an 18-month-old baby was found alive in the morgue when he was declared dead by a doctor. An 18-month-old infant was found
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