‘Dead man’ wakes up on funeral pyre, dies a day later

A 25-year-old man declared dead by doctors woke up just as he was placed on the pyre but breathed his last a few hours later, capping a dramatic life and death story in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district on Thursday and Friday.
Rohitash Kumar, a person with speech and hearing impairment, who had no family and lived in a shelter home, died on the way from Jhunjhunu’s BDK Hospital to Jaipur, about 180km away, on Friday, PTI said quoting officials.
Kumar had been taken to the emergency ward of the Jhunjhunu facility after he fell unconscious at the shelter home on Thursday. He was declared dead at 2:00pm on Thursday. He was taken to the mortuary and kept there for two hours, officials said.
Police prepared a document and transported the body to a crematorium, they added.
However, Kumar suddenly started breathing as he was placed on the pyre, moments before the cremation. An ambulance was called immediately and he was taken back to the BDK Hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
He was referred to Jaipur’s Swai Man Singh Hospital today and died on the way.
Three doctors, including principal medical officer Sandeep Pachar, were suspended by Jhunjhunu District Collector Ramavtar Meena for their alleged medical negligence. A committee has been formed to investigate the matter.