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| Woman declared dead by doctors in Germany wakes up in funeral home | Woman declared dead by doctors in Germany wakes up in funeral home |
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| Prosecutors in Germany have charged a doctor with negligent bodily harm for declaring a 92-year-old woman dead – only for her to wake up in a refrigerated room at a funeral home. | |
| Essen prosecutor Birgit Juergens said the 53-year-old, whose name was not released in line with privacy regulations, could face anything from a fine to a prison sentence if convicted. | Essen prosecutor Birgit Juergens said the 53-year-old, whose name was not released in line with privacy regulations, could face anything from a fine to a prison sentence if convicted. |
| The doctor is alleged to have pronounced the seriously ill woman dead in March after a caregiver found her without a pulse and not breathing at a retirement home. | |
| That evening, a worker at the funeral home where she had been taken heard a scream from the refrigeration room and discovered the woman alive. | That evening, a worker at the funeral home where she had been taken heard a scream from the refrigeration room and discovered the woman alive. |
| The woman died two days later in hospital from heart disease unrelated to the incident. | The woman died two days later in hospital from heart disease unrelated to the incident. |
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