A baby girl came back to life at her wake in front of stunned relatives who called the alleged resurrection a “miracle.”
The newborn’s 21-year-old mother was taken to hospital last Friday (12 Apr).
She suffered from breathing problems in the 32nd week of her pregnancy.
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As the mum-to-be was not receiving adequate oxygenation, doctors decided to carry out an emergency caesarean section as the lives of both the mother and baby were at risk.
Following the procedure, the family received news that the baby girl was not showing any vital signs and had passed away.
They later collected a death certificate and got a small coffin to hold a funeral.
The hospital released the tot’s body to father Ignacio Medina Vega.
But during the infant’s wake, an uncle saw the newborn move her head shortly after being sprinkled with holy water.
Dad Ignacio told local media: “When the uncle arrived to say goodbye to her, he saw the baby was moving her head and was breathing.”
He added: “Then we went to look and we could see her little heart beating.”
The family immediately took the baby back to the Regional Hospital of Ciudad del Este in the Paraguayan city of the same name.
Doctors placed the newborn in an incubator in intensive care where she is still fighting for survival.
The father said: “She started crying when a doctor grabbed her.
“The doctors told us it was a miracle.
“The serious thing is that we were about to bury her alive.”
It is estimated that the infant remained in the coffin for over four hours and the lid was closed for around half that time.
Following her alleged ‘resurrection’, the tot’s parents have decided to name her Milagros de Jesús – which translates as Miracle of Jesus, as reported by Need To Know.
Meanwhile, doctors are trying to establish why she was declared dead.
Hospital spokesperson Federico Schrodel said they haven’t ruled out the possibility of catalepsy, a condition characterised by a lack of response to external stimuli, loss of consciousness, and rigidity of the body.
He added: “Due to being premature, this is something that can happen, the patient is practically left without any vital signs.”
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