Elderly man revives after being pronounced dead

By Eom Da-sol

A man has revived an hour after doctors pronounced him dead, according to Chosun Ilbo Daily on Thursday.

The man, 82, whose name is not known, had kidney dialysis in an intensive care unit of a Bucheon city hospital in Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday. During treatment, his heart stopped beating. The medical team immediately conducted cardiopulmonary resuscitation but the man did not respond.

Doctors pronounced the man dead at around 12:40 p.m. But after about an hour, the man began to move. When his family checked, he was still breathing. The medical team moved him to the intensive care unit again, after which his condition improved, allowing him eat by himself.

A family member criticized the doctors and hospital. “We could have been arranging his funeral,” the relative said.