Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral dies after week in hospital

An Ecuadorean pistillate has died days aft mourners astatine her ceremonial were shocked to find her live successful her coffin.

Bella Montoya, 76, was archetypal declared dormant by a doc astatine a infirmary successful the metropolis of Babahoyo past week.

But erstwhile mourners attending her aftermath heard her knocking connected her coffin, she was instantly rushed backmost to the aforesaid infirmary for treatment.

After 7 days successful intensive care, Ecuador's wellness ministry confirmed she died connected Friday from an ischemic stroke.

The ministry's connection added that she had remained nether "permanent surveillance" portion astatine the hospital.

Speaking to a section newspaper, her son,Gilbert Barbera said, "This clip my parent truly did die. My beingness volition not beryllium the same."

Following her decease connected 16 June, Ms Montoya was taken backmost to the aforesaid ceremonial location up of her burial astatine a nationalist cemetery, section media is reporting.

Local media reported Ms Montaya had a information called catalepsy - wherever a idiosyncratic experiences seizure, nonaccomplishment of consciousness, and the assemblage becomes rigid.

A committee of experts has been assembled by the Ecuadorian wellness ministry to reappraisal her case.

Ms Montoya was placed successful a coffin and taken to the ceremonial parlour successful Babahoyo, south-west of superior Quito, aft being declared dormant connected 9 June.

But aft astir 5 hours inside, the pistillate gasped for aerial aft her relatives opened the coffin to alteration her apparel for the funeral.

Minutes later, she was stretchered retired by occurrence fighters and transferred backmost to the aforesaid hospital.

Bella Montoya is not the lone idiosyncratic to "come alive" aft being officially declared dead.

In February, an 82-year-old pistillate was recovered to beryllium breathing portion lying successful a ceremonial location successful New York State. She had been pronounced dormant 3 hours earlier astatine a nursing home.