Yikes! Patient on autopsy table was still alive
One of the pathologists was able to catch the body moving on the autopsy table!
We all make mistakes, sometimes even medical professionals!
But the truth of the matter is that when dealing with the lives of others, there isn't much room for error. It literally becomes a case of life or death.
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A 27-year-old male suffered critical injuries after he was involved in an almost fatal motorcycle accident in a town called Mahalingapur, in the southern state of Karnataka, India.
After the crash, the man was admitted to a private hospital with severe injuries, taken to the intensive care unit. Doctors shortly after declared him dead. The man was eventually taken off his ventilator.
Soon after, the family began to make preparations for him to be moved to a government hospital where his post-mortem examination would take place. It was at this hospital that one of the pathologists noticed the body moving on the autopsy table!
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Fortunately, this meant that the autopsy did not continue as planned and the injured man has now been moved to another hospital, with his condition improving!
According to The Jakarta Post, the doctors who had initially removed him from the ventilator and presumed him dead exercised "bad judgment".
The family has also not yet lodged a formal complaint.
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