A 55-year-old man in Australia was mistakenly declared dead when he died after being put in a morgue bag.
An investigation has been launched at Rockingham General Hospital in Perth (Australia) to shed light on the sad story that 55-year-old Kevin Reid suffered in the morgue when he was still alive.
The man was reported dead on September 5 not by a doctor but by several nurses on the ward. So he was placed in a black body bag and transported to the facility's morgue.
He was mistakenly declared dead at the hospital and was sent to the hospital morgue. The next day, however, a doctor found his bag open: the 55-year-old had fresh blood coming from a wound in his arm.
In addition, the man was found with his eyes open, while the staff took care to close them before putting him in the black bag.
However, this is not the first episode of this kind, unfortunately. But in other cases, fortunately, there had been other conclusions.
A 45-year-old man in India was found still alive by family members who rushed to the morgue after spending the night in the cold room. The same fate befell an elderly man in Shanghai, China.