Gilberto Barbera, Bella Montoya’s son, told the AP on June 12 that his mother was unconscious when she was taken to the emergency room on June 10 and that a few hours later, a doctor told him she had died and handed him identification and a death certificate.
The family took Ms. Montoya to the funeral home, holding the funeral on June 10, but then they began to hear strange sounds.
"There were about 20 of us there. After about five hours of her waking up, the coffin started making noises. My mother was wrapped in a shroud and she was banging on the coffin, and when we got closer, we could see she was breathing very heavily," Barbera said.
Bella Montoya was taken out of her coffin by relatives after waking up.
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Although Barbera and his family took Montoya back to the hospital on June 10, she was still in critical condition on June 12. “That scared all of us,” Barbera said.
Ecuador's health ministry said Ms Montoya was being treated at the Martín Icaza hospital in the city of Babahoyo.
Ecuador's health ministry added that Ms Montoya was initially admitted to the hospital on June 10 with a possible stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest, and when she did not respond to resuscitation, a doctor on duty declared her dead.
Ecuador's health ministry said it was investigating the doctors involved in Montoya's case and a committee had been set up to look into how the hospital issued the death certificate. No details have been released about the doctor who initially declared Montoya dead.
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