Drama as man screams during embalming by mortuary staff #trending

Peter Kigen , from Bureti in Kenya, had collapsed at home .

According to his uncle , Denis Langat, the 32 - year old “ had been

suffering from a stomach ailment which forced us to rush him to

hospital .”

A nurse at Kapkatet Hospital “casually ” checked the patient over ,

says Mr Langat, before declaring him dead .

Mr Kigen was transferred to the hospital ’ s mortuary, and the staff

there promptly set about preparing him for burial .

As part of the embalming process , the blood is removed from the

body through the veins and replaced with formaldehyde - based

chemicals through the arteries .

It appears to have been this procedure that caused the “ dead”

man to regain consciousness and scream in pain .

Mr Kigen ’ s younger brother, Kevin Kipkurui, told The Standard :

“The mortician called me into the morgue and we saw him make

movements .

“We were shocked . We could not understand how they could

move a person who is still alive into the mortuary .”

Mr Kigen , speaking from his hospital bed , is still stunned at his

apparent resurrection : “ I cannot believe what just happened, ” he

said . “ How did they establish that I was dead ?”

While Mr Kigen ’ s family believe that the error was down to

hospital staff , Kapkatet Hospital ’ s medical superintendent Gilbert

Cheruiyot said that they were to blame for the incident: “ His

relatives presumed he was dead and did not even wait for

certification of death , ” he said .

“They moved him to the mortuary , on their own .”

He added : “ They asked Kigen ’ s relatives to give them some time

but they accused the clinicians of taking too much time and

decided to take him to the mortuary. "

“It was while the mortician was getting ready to embalm his body

that she noticed some signs of life. ”

Dr Cheruiyot said it took three hours to completely resuscitate the

patient , and that Mr Kigen was expected to be discharged in “a

few days.”

He concluded : “ I advise those bringing their loved ones to the

hospital to follow the laid down regulations .”

“Before a body is moved the mortuary, it has to be certified by a

clinician . In Kigen ’ s case , we can only say he was lucky .”

Source: Vanguardngr.com