An Argentinean mom is in shock after finding her baby alive in a morgue – nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead.
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Analia Bouter named her newborn Luz Milagros, or “Miracle Light.” The tiny girl, born three months premature, was in critical but improving condition Wednesday in the same hospital where the staff pronounced her stillborn on April 3rd.
According to Rafael Sabatinelli, the deputy health minister in the northern province of Chaco, five medical professionals involved have been suspended pending an official investigation.
Doctors gave Bouter the death certificate just 20 minutes after Luz was born and she still hasn’t received a birth certificate for her tiny girl.
Bouter said the baby was quickly put in a coffin and taken to the morgue’s refrigeration room. Twelve hours passed before she and her husband were able to open the coffin to say their last goodbyes.
She said that’s when the baby trembled. She thought it was her imagination – then she realized Luz was alive and dropped to her knees on the morgue floor in shock.
A morgue worker picked up the girl and confirmed she was alive. Then Bouter’s brother grabbed the baby and ran to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, shouting for doctors. The baby was so cold, Bouter said “It was like carrying a bottle of ice.”
Today the newborn and mom are improving after the scary ordeal.
(Analia Bouter and her husband Fabian Veron sit outside the hospital in Resistencia, Argentina, Wednesday April 11, 2012. Photo: Juan Pablo Faccioli / Associated Press)
