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'Dead' man wakes up under autopsy knife
2007-09-16
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy. Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face.

"I woke up because the pain was unbearable," Camejo said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal.
An autopsy Y-incision just has to hurt.
His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor; and alive.

Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy.
Posted by:Delphi

#14  OK, since nobody else has: "He's not dead, Jim."
Posted by: USN, ret.   2007-09-16 20:50  

#13  Gov't healthcare will defray its expenses by harvesting your organs with or without your permission (and eventually, whether or not you're dead)
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-09-16 15:03  

#12  Why an autopsy after an auto accident ?
Oh, auto, I get it. They're trying to determine if he was speeding.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-09-16 13:58  

#11  
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2007-09-16 12:04  

#10  Initial autopsy incision on the face? I'd suspect organ removal.
Posted by: mrp   2007-09-16 10:45  

#9  I think I saw that happen on 'Heroes' a few episodes back.

It wasn't pretty.
Posted by: Thrineng Munster6911   2007-09-16 07:01  

#8  "I'm not dead!"
"What?"
"I'm not dead!"
"'Ere. He says he's not dead!"
"Yes, he is."
"I'm not!"
"He isn't?"
"Well, he will be soon. He's very ill."
"I'm getting better!"
"No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."
Posted by: Mike   2007-09-16 06:52  

#7  Don't you hate when that happens after a binge?
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-16 02:40  

#6  Well, it says alot about " cannot wait to have ""universal healthcare" with free tickets. Nevermind the man that spent 8 to 10 years, maybe more. No, he must be a moron because he would never let this kind of patient into his OR. Oh, are we talking about anyone around this person did not know how to check a pulse?

Thats pretty damning.
Well, maybe government healthcare can save government costs by letting people die. Thats utopia to you fools.
Posted by: newc   2007-09-16 00:52  

#5  Barb, probably his injury was in the facial area or nearby and it was the shortest way to get to the suspected "cause of death".
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-09-16 00:49  

#4  I'm sure they took great care to slice *around* all the nerves too...
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-09-16 00:45  

#3  OK, tu - ya' got me there. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-09-16 00:30  

#2  Probably for the same reason they'd be autopsying a guy that wasn't dead...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-16 00:24  

#1  OK, I'll bite - why would an autopsy start by slicing the face?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-09-16 00:18  

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