Declaring a Baby Dead When They Weren’t

Although there isn't much of a happy ending in this tale, one particularly careless doctor is to blame for everything that happened. In 2013, a baby was delivered in a hospital in Eastern China and was pronounced dead by the attending physician. Any parent would find that terrifying, so just think how they would have felt when the funeral parlor where the child was transported to be cremated revealed that the infant was actually still alive two days later.

The hospital was alerted by the workers, and the youngster was returned for treatment even though the prognosis didn't sound good. The hospital claimed to be treating the infant for "humanitarian grounds," despite the fact that he reportedly had a deformed respiratory system. The doctor who pronounced him dead lost his medical license, and the narrative concluded with a statement that the infant was in critical condition with no additional information.