Panic gripped Staff in a Kenyan hospital on Thursday when a man who was pronounced dead after committing suicide woke up a day later.
The victim, Paul Mutora, 24, attempted to kill himself by drinking insecticide following a row with his family.
After being rushed to the hospital he was given medication that slows the heart, and Dr Joseph Mburu ,the superintendent in charge of the Naivasha District hospital 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 investigatin the incident.
“This was a mistake from the start and I apologise,” said the patient, who is now recovering.
Dr Joseph Mburu, further explained that the victim was saved before he could be embalmed.
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