Ecuadoran woman declared dead shocks family by appearing at her own funeral.
TL;DR
An elderly Ecuadoran woman, Bella Montoya, woke up inside her coffin during her own wake after being declared dead by a hospital two days earlier. Her son had to arrange for a coffin donation for the impoverished family after the hospital declared her dead. Montoya is now being treated at the same hospital and is stable. The incident is being investigated by a committee established by Ecuador's Health Ministry.
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