A baby born 16 weeks premature and pronounced dead "woke up" just in time for his funeral wake. The baby weighed just 1.1 pounds (500 grams) at birth.
Dr. Ernesto Weber, head of pediatric care at the state-run hospital in the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion, said the baby had not heartbeat or any respiratory reflexes at birth. He told Reuters Television: "Initially, the baby didn't move, he practically didn't have any respiratory reflexes, nor did we hear a heartbeat and, as a result, we declared a premature fetus of 24 weeks dead."
When the family took him from the hospital to prepare him for his funeral, he started to cry, according to Liliana Alvarenga, an unspecified member of the family.
"I opened the box and took the baby out and he cried. I got scared and I said 'the baby's crying' ... and then he started moving his arms, his legs and I got scared, we got very scared."
The baby is now in stable condition in an incubator. Meanwhile, the hospital has begun an investigation. Once again, big whoops!
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