A 76-year-old woman who shocked her family when she woke up at a funeral home in Ecuador has died after spending a week in the intensive care, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bella Montoya, a 76-year-old retired nurse, died on Friday afternoon while being treated in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Babahoyo, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) northeast of Guayaquil in central Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Montoya was first hospitalized on June 9 while suffering from a possible stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest. She was declared dead after failing to respond to resuscitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Montoya was then brought to a funeral home, where a wake was held later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere were about 20 of us there,\u201d her son, Gilberto Barbera, told AP last week. \u201cAfter about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds. My mom was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and when we approached we could see that she was breathing heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relatives called 911 and Montoya was rushed back to the hospital, where she remained in the intensive care unit until she died on Friday afternoon, exactly a week after she was wrongly declared dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ecuador\u2019s Health Ministry is investigating how the incident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOBIERNO CONFORMAR\u00c1 UN COMIT\u00c9 PARA REVISAR EL CASO DE MUJER QUE RESUCIT\u00d3 DURANTE SU FUNERAL EN BABAHOYO.
Se realizar\u00e1 "una auditor\u00eda m\u00e9dica para establecer responsabilidades ante la supuesta confirmaci\u00f3n de la muerte" de Bella Montoya, de 76 a\u00f1os.
\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/IHc3WJufFR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BIFD6dt7A4<\/a><\/p>— lavozderiobamba (@lavozderiobamba) June 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>