Minutes Before Cremation, 'Dead' Woman Found Alive In Odisha
A 86-year-old woman, who was presumed dead, was found alive on Monday moments before her last rites were to be performed at a crematorium in the pilgrim town of Puri.
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Staff at Swargadwar summoned an ambulance to transport her to Puri hospital. (Representational)
An 86-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh, who was believed to be deceased, was discovered alive on Monday just moments before her cremation was set to take place at a crematorium in the holy city of Puri.
The woman, identified as P Laxmi, was visiting her son-in-law's residence in the Polasara region of Odisha's Ganjam district when she was mistakenly presumed dead, according to a family member.
"When she showed no eye movement and appeared to have stopped breathing, we assumed she had passed away and notified others in the neighborhood. We then organized transportation to carry her body from home to the Swargadwar crematorium in Puri for the final rites," explained Dharma Sethi, a relative of the woman.
However, while family members were busy completing the necessary paperwork for cremation, security personnel and staff at the Swargadwar facility discovered that she was still alive, he added.
Braja Kishore Sahu, a crematorium manager, explained that three documents are required for cremation: Aadhaar cards of both the deceased and the applicant, plus a death certificate. The family had not been able to provide the death certificate.
"While we were instructing them to obtain a death certificate from their local Sarpanch or other authorities, one of our security guards noticed the elderly woman was breathing," Sahu reported.
The staff at Swargadwar immediately called for an ambulance and transferred her to a hospital in Puri.
"The elderly woman's condition is critical. While her heart and kidneys are functioning, her brain is not responding properly," stated the doctor who examined her at the hospital.