No time to die? Declared 'dead', UP man found breathing in mortuary freezer after 7 hours

A UP man, who was declared dead by doctors, was found breathing after he was kept in the mortuary for over seven hours.

A man declared ‘dead’ by doctors was found alive after he was kept in the mortuary freezer for over seven hours in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district. While the family’s sorrow turned to happiness after finding the man alive, they alleged negligence on the part of doctors who had declared him dead.

The victim, Sreekesh Kumar, met with an accident on Thursday night. His family immediately rushed him to the hospital, where he was declared dead, and his body was sent to the mortuary for post-mortem.