As a three year old Filipino girl was being prepared for her funeral, mourners noticed her head movement, discovering the toddler was still alive.
The girl, whose name has been concealed, was pronounced clinically deceased in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sar. The family reported the child was suffering from a severe fever over the span of days, taking her to a clinic where she was reported not breathing.
“During that time, the attending clinic personnel and physician confirmed that the young patient had no more pulse and was clinically dead last Saturday morning about 9 a.m.,” said Police Senior Inspector Heidil Teelan.
When the family went to church where the priest would perform the last sacrament, an on-looker noticed movement from inside the wooden casket. Mourners quickly removed her covering, detecting a pulse and giving the girl water. They took her to a nearby clinic where police report the toddler was in “a state of comatose” at the time of her funeral.
The current status of the child is unknown.
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