Odisha: Woman wakes up just before funeral, dies in hospital

Polsara: A 44-year-old woman presumed dead woke up at the cremation ground in Kaniapali village under Polsara block of Ganjam district today. She was then taken to the Polsara Community Health Centre where doctors declared her dead.

The woman, identified as Dukhi Behera did not get up in the morning. Dukhi’s family members examined her condition and presumed her to be dead. They took her to the cremation ground and prepared the funeral pyre. Minutes before putting Dukhi on the pyre, one of her relatives noticed some movement in her hands.

Later Dukhi was rushed to the Polsara Community Health Centre in an ambulance. After examining the woman, doctors declared her dead.