A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated this week in India has been found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports.
According to the Times of India, 25-year-old deaf Rohitash Kumar was pronounced dead at a hospital in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan without a post-mortem examination.
After finding out that Kumar was alive after being cremated on Thursday afternoon, his family took him back to the hospital, where he reportedly died early Friday morning.
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Indian crematorium. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/NurPhoto, Getty Images)
According to the newspaper, three doctors involved in declaring Kumar dead at Bhagwan Das Ketan District Hospital have been suspended.
Kumar suffered an epileptic seizure and was pronounced dead after lying down while doctors performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the Daily Mail newspaper reported, citing AFP news agency.
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“The situation was truly miraculous,” a witness at the funeral site told local news outlet ETV Bharat. “We were all in shock. He was pronounced dead, but he was breathing and alive.”
Ramavtar Meena, a government official in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, called the incident a “gross negligence”.
Rajasthan state in northwestern India. (Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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“We will take disciplinary action against those responsible. We will also thoroughly investigate the way the doctors work,'' he said.
Meena added that a committee has been set up to investigate the incident.
