An Indian man was found to be alive after spending a night in a freezer.
The man was initially declared dead after being wounded in a road accident.
The incident shocked his relatives when they found him still breathing after a night in the freezer of a hospital morgue.
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Srikesh Kumar was shifted to a clinic in critical condition after being hit by a motorbike.
He was injured in Moradabad, east of the capital New Delhi and transported to a private medical facility where he was declared dead on arrival by the doctor.
Later he was transported to a government hospital for post-mortem on Friday.
Rajendra Kumar, the hospital’s medical superintendent, said after the emergency medical officer examined him he did not find any signs of life and hence declared him dead.
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The body was placed in the morgue freezer and when a police team and his family came over to initiate the paperwork for the autopsy he was found alive.
Rajendra Kumar said the 45-year-old was undergoing further treatment but was still in a coma and ” this is nothing short of a miracle.”
An investigation is currently ongoing to determine how the doctors mistakenly declared him dead.
