Woman who revived during her own wake dies after week in ICU.

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Woman who revived during her own wake dies after week in ICU.
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A 76-year-old woman in Ecuador who had been declared dead and surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake earlier this month has died after spending a week in intensive care. Bella Montoya reportedly woke up and started knocking on June 9 after spending five hours inside her coffin at a funeral home in Babahoyo, about 129 miles southwest of Quito. The woman died from an ischemic stroke after spending a week in intensive care. A technical committee has been formed to review how the hospital issues death certificates.

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