25-year-old man wakes up moments before cremation

An Indian man woke up moments before his cremation, after a doctor failed to perform his autopsy, confirmed Saturday, November 23, 2024 in l'AFP a medical manager.

Rohitash Kumar, a 25-year-old who suffered from speech and hearing difficulties, fell ill and was taken to Jhunjhunu hospital in Rajasthan, in the north of the country.

Indian media reported that he suffered an epileptic seizure, and that a doctor pronounced him dead upon arrival at the hospital.

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Three doctors were suspended

But the hospital's chief medical officer, D. Singh, told l'AFP that a doctor had “prepared the post-mortem report without carrying out the autopsy, and that the body was then sent for cremation”.

The chief medical officer added that “shortly before » his cremation, “the body […] started to move » but also that “he was alive and breathing”.

The young man was taken to hospital a second time, but he was pronounced dead on Friday.

Three doctors were suspended, and police opened an investigation, the Times of India and other Indian media.