Still Waters Posted July 2, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (IP: Staff) · A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng province, having been declared dead by paramedics following a road accident. Ambulance company Distress Alert said she had shown "no form of life", South Africa's TimesLive website reports. But when a morgue worker returned to check on the body in the fridge, he found the woman was breathing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44681264 3 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 2, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Corpses just won't stay dead these days. It's the Zombie Apocalypse, I tell you. THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!! 1 5 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted July 3, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Damn, that's a nightmare. And a lawsuit. 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted July 3, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Good news that she still alive but it raise some questions about how many freeze to death in the fridge around the world. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted July 3, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seti42 said: Damn, that's a nightmare. And a lawsuit. Nah. She'll be cool. Edited July 3, 2018 by Eldorado 1 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted July 3, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Her pulse could have been weak enough that it wasn't detected or maybe she flatlined and the paramedics called her dead too quickly (obviously) but it may not have been completely their fault. She must not have been breathing well when she was put in the cooler as aren't the bodies checked when they get to the morgue?. Luckily an autopsy wasn't started. One thing the article left out was if the woman's breathing was relatively strong or shallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted July 3, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 3, 2018 This is not necessarily an oversight by the medical team. People who have been declared clinically dead have on very rare occasions spontaneously recovered minutes and even hours later. Cold much delays the self-destruction of cells. So, in this instance the morgue served its purpose in a most unusual way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted July 3, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Sheeze don't pass out or get sick in some places, what was that acute said, oh yeah or the ZOMBIES will get you Lawsuit meh two cows and a goat! 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted July 3, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Jon the frog said: Good news that she still alive but it raise some questions about how many freeze to death in the fridge around the world. Or in the days before fridges , how many people must have been buried 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted July 3, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, Ozfactor said: Or in the days before fridges , how many people must have been buried It's why you bury people who have done bad things face down, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted July 3, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, MWoo7 said: Sheeze don't pass out or get sick in some places, what was that acute said, oh yeah or the ZOMBIES will get you Lawsuit meh two cows and a goat! Mommie! You're back from Pe-ru! 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted July 4, 2018 #12 Share Posted July 4, 2018 17 hours ago, Hammerclaw said: Mommie! You're back from Pe-ru! hahaha GROSS! but what a movie eh?!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted July 4, 2018 #13 Share Posted July 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, MWoo7 said: hahaha GROSS! but what a movie eh?!?!?!?!?! Actually, I was paraphrasing Bugs Bunny! *LOL* 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted July 4, 2018 #14 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Oh! now that's funny! hahahaa I just envisioned this thing showing up .... is kind of what I thought you meant, forums and email ... confusing and funny at times, actually though I'm now trying to actually read the replies-comments /sarc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMan Posted July 15, 2018 #15 Share Posted July 15, 2018 "Staff was stunned." I thought for sure that scientists would be "baffled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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