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Polish woman wakes in morgue after being declared dead

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A 91-year-old Polish woman who spent 11 hours in cold storage in a morgue after being declared dead has returned to her family, complaining of feeling cold. :o

Back home, Ms Kolkiewicz warmed up with a bowl of soup and two pancakes. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30048087
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  • bossoftheworldbossoftheworld Posts: 4,941
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    That's bloody weird - the niece and doctor both thought she was dead. The woman doesn't know anything about it as she has dementia.

    It's scary isn't it? Imagine if they'd buried her poor thing.
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    bossoftheworld wrote: »
    That's bloody weird - the niece and doctor both thought she was dead. The woman doesn't know anything about it as she has dementia.

    It's scary isn't it? Imagine if they'd buried her poor thing.

    This is why I want to be cremated.
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    Incompetent doctor, has to be. At least it ended well, poor woman - at least she didn't comprehend what had happened!
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,265
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    This is why I want to be cremated.

    :confused: If your alive, that's gonna be worse.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    Bless her, glad to hear she's ok.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    dee123 wrote: »
    :confused: If your alive, that's gonna be worse.

    My thoughts exactly!
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    dee123 wrote: »
    :confused: If your alive, that's gonna be worse.

    Not if I am not awake. I can't think of anything worse than waking up in a casket underground.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    Not if I am not awake. I can't think of anything worse than waking up in a casket underground.

    More chance of being relatively unscathed if rescued I would have thought
  • VulpesVulpes Posts: 1,504
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    Not if I am not awake. I can't think of anything worse than waking up in a casket underground.

    Unlucky if you wake just the second before being popped into the furnace!
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    el_bardos wrote: »
    Rather depends at what point you wake up really...



    Indeed. Just ask to be buried with a fully charged mobile ;)

    and a flask of tea.
  • skp20040skp20040 Posts: 66,874
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    francie wrote: »
    More chance of being relatively unscathed if rescued I would have thought

    That's why many many years ago ( usually the more wealthy) people often used to be buried with a bell and a string in case they were buried alive and it did happen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257330/Lifting-lid-macabre-history-buried-alive.html
  • SemillionSemillion Posts: 612
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    Poor old thing still looks a bit on the dead side to me....
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    skp20040 wrote: »
    That's why many many years ago ( usually the more wealthy) people often used to be buried with a bell and a string in case they were buried alive and it did happen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257330/Lifting-lid-macabre-history-buried-alive.html

    Thanks for the links, I found them interesting.
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,265
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    Not if I am not awake. I can't think of anything worse than waking up in a casket underground.

    Not that i want to choose but burning to death is about as bad as it gets.
  • James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    dee123 wrote: »
    Not that i want to choose but burning to death is about as bad as it gets.

    With cremation it would hurt like hell but you would be dead in a few seconds from it buried alive it could take a lot longer hours maybe days
  • VulpesVulpes Posts: 1,504
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    James Frederick wrote: »
    With cremation it would hurt like hell but you would be dead in a few seconds from it buried alive it could take a lot longer hours maybe days

    I'd choose drawn-out asphyxiation over quickly burning alive every single time.
  • SoundboxSoundbox Posts: 6,247
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    I do wonder how many people are buried or burned alive just becuase the verdict was wrong. I bet there has been quite a few - same with completely innocent people bunged into prison without any say in the matter.
  • cessnacessna Posts: 6,747
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    bossoftheworld wrote: »
    That's bloody weird - the niece and doctor both thought she was dead. The woman doesn't know anything about it as she has dementia.

    It's scary isn't it? Imagine if they'd buried her poor thing.

    These things do happen. My father worked for an undertaker years ago and was directed by the lady of the house upstairs to collect the body of the deceased. So the two of them carried the coffin upstairs and into this room where the old man was lying on the bed. Placing the coffin to one side they went to lift the old man - who suddenly jumped up and shouted - 'Whats going on' ! Took quite a time for heartbeats to return to normal, for all involved.
  • FanielleFanielle Posts: 1,251
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    skp20040 wrote: »
    That's why many many years ago ( usually the more wealthy) people often used to be buried with a bell and a string in case they were buried alive and it did happen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257330/Lifting-lid-macabre-history-buried-alive.html

    It's where the sayings "dead ringer" and "saved by the bell" came from
  • BastardBeaverBastardBeaver Posts: 11,903
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    Aww, kinda glad she knew nothing about it.
  • davordavor Posts: 6,874
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    Inept doctors are to blame. Probably it was a busy day, so they did not bother to thoroughly check for vital signs.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    Fanielle wrote: »
    It's where the sayings "dead ringer" and "saved by the bell" came from

    I always thought that but according to the wiki article... ''Folk etymology has suggested that the phrases "saved by the bell", "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift" come from the use of safety coffins in the Victorian era; however, these have been dispelled as urban myth, attributed to a linguistic e-mail hoax Life in the 1500s. The "saved by the bell" expression is actually well established to have come from boxing, where a boxer who is still on his feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell ringing to indicate the end of the round.'' but who knows eh?
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    cessna wrote: »
    These things do happen. My father worked for an undertaker years ago and was directed by the lady of the house upstairs to collect the body of the deceased. So the two of them carried the coffin upstairs and into this room where the old man was lying on the bed. Placing the coffin to one side they went to lift the old man - who suddenly jumped up and shouted - 'Whats going on' ! Took quite a time for heartbeats to return to normal, for all involved.

    Jeez :o Think I would have ended up needing that coffin.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Honestly, these immigrants will stop at nothing!


    /bridge\
    KJ
  • Keyser_Soze1Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182
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    'The Premature Burial' by Antoine Wiertz - a very cheerful little picture to hang in your bedroom. :D

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZg129oLFSY/Tk9slLSI1_I/AAAAAAAAIk0/BXe8WqM3jQA/s1600/wiertz_burial.jpg
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