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Baby “revives” during her funeral after being declared dead at birth in Paraguay

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By EFE

Apr 18, 2024, 11:57 AM EDT

A baby who had been declared dead recovered her vital signs in the middle of her funeral in the Paraguayan town of Ciudad del Este, a fact that shocked those present, according to relatives, who told the story to local media.

The little one was declared dead when she was bornbut during her funeral she moved and was taken to a hospital.

When the baby was born around noon on April 12, via cesarean section, her mother, a 21-year-old woman, had complications in her seventh month of pregnancy.

The girl was declared deceased and handed over to her family.along with the death certificate, around 1:40 p.m. on April 12.

The baby’s father, Ignacio Medina, told the Telefuturo channel that he received the little body “all purple.”

“His little heart was beating.”

The relatives, who had already suffered the loss of another baby from the same couple, arrived to celebrate the wake in an area of ​​Minga Guazú, a distant town about 20 kilometers from Ciudad del Este.

“We arrived at my mother’s house and we were watching over her,” commented the little girl’s father, who said that shortly before leaving for the pantheon, one of her uncles noticed that the baby was moving her head and went to inform those present.

“Then we We went to look and his little heart was beating“added Medina, who immediately returned to the hospital.

For his part, the director of the Ciudad del Este Regional Hospital, Federico Schrodel, did not rule out that it could have been a case of catalepsy.

“Due to the state of prematurity, this can happen, the patient is practically left without vital signs,” added the specialist, and warned that this type of case can occur for every five million births.

The little girl’s relatives They did not rule out divine intervention and they assure that the girl, who is still under a reserved prognosis, will be called Milagros de Jesús.

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