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Kenyan hospital staff were gripped by panic when a man who was pronounced dead after committing suicide woke up a day later reports news.com.au.
Paul Mutora, 24, attempted to kill himself by drinking insecticide following a row with his family, said Dr Joseph Mburu, the superintendent in charge of Naivasha district hospital.
After being rushed to hospital he was given medication that slows the heart, and Dr Mburu said this might have "confused the medical personnel'' into believing the patient was dead.
Staff then heard sounds coming from one of the bodies in the mortuary and ran away in terror as he woke up, the doctor said, adding the hospital was investigating the incident.
"The victim was saved before be could be embalmed,'' explained Dr Joseph Mburu,
Mutora on waking up apologized, saying “this was a mistake from the start”. He is now recovering.
Paul Mutora, 24, attempted to kill himself by drinking insecticide following a row with his family, said Dr Joseph Mburu, the superintendent in charge of Naivasha district hospital.
After being rushed to hospital he was given medication that slows the heart, and Dr Mburu said this might have "confused the medical personnel'' into believing the patient was dead.
Staff then heard sounds coming from one of the bodies in the mortuary and ran away in terror as he woke up, the doctor said, adding the hospital was investigating the incident.
"The victim was saved before be could be embalmed,'' explained Dr Joseph Mburu,
Mutora on waking up apologized, saying “this was a mistake from the start”. He is now recovering.
