How Doctor Declares Man Dead But Later Wakes Up At His Funeral And Dies Later

Perhaps, Usen-Obong Ime Jacob would have been alive by now if his case was handled by a more competent and qualified doctor.

He was declared dead when all the doctor needed to have done was to place him on oxygen and help him fight off the threat of death. 

According to the report published on Lindaikeji Blog, it was gathered that the  27 years old man slumped in his parents’ home on Sunday evening, May 1, and was taken to a private hospital in Abak, Akwa Ibom state. 

On getting to the hospital, the doctor pronounced him dead that same evening and the family held a funeral for the man on Monday, May 2. 

However, as mourners surrounded the coffin with the deceased inside, the coffin “opened on its own” and mourners noticed the deceased breathing weakly. 

A video taken at the funeral shows mourners expressing shock when they noticed Usen-Obong was still alive. 

Usen-Obong was then taken to the Teaching Hospital in Uyo where the doctor checked him and said he only died “2 hours ago”. 

A friend of the deceased who reached out to LIB blamed his death on the lack of professionalism of the doctor at the private hospital who declared him dead. 

He said Usen-Obong was obviously in a coma and might have survived if he was placed on life support, rather than in a coffin where his situation was obviously made worse.