US EditionWoman found alive in coffin before cremation at Thai temple
A woman declared dead was found alive due to extreme hypoglycemia after knocking from inside a coffin at a Thai temple, delaying cremation by hours.
- Buddhist temple staff on the outskirts of Bangkok found a woman alive in a coffin after hearing a faint knock, and Pairat Soodthoop saw her open her eyes.
- Her younger brother said the woman had been bedridden for two years and appeared to stop breathing on Saturday, with local officials telling him she had died.
- Medical follow-up found she suffered an extreme case of hypoglycemia, while a doctor ruled out respiratory failure and cardiac arrest, according to reports.
- Temple abbot ordered the woman be taken to hospital immediately once staff realised she was alive, and the family had travelled nearly 500km from Phitsanulok province for the ceremony.
- As the manager explained death-certificate steps, Pairat Soodthoop said the younger brother did not have a death certificate while staff heard a faint knock from inside the coffin.
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A Thai woman about to be cremated was found alive in her coffin by staff at a Buddhist temple. After hearing soft knocking from the coffin, they decided to open it. They then saw the woman "open her eyes slightly and knock on the side of the coffin," Pairat Soodthoop, director of the Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple, told the AP news agency. The temple is located on the outskirts of the capital, Bangkok. The 65-year-old woman's brother said he had b…
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