QUITO, 25 APR – RIA Novosti. A woman at the age of 74 years, which relatives thought dead, came to consciousness in a hospital in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador and asked him to take her home, according to local newspaper Comercio.
according to the publication, Alba Maruri Grande, presumed dead on 27 March in the hospital Guayaquil, came Thursday to consciousness and asked my sister to pick her up.
on March 27, her temperature rose to 42 degrees, and had problems breathing. Maruri was unconscious when her name was confused and the family was informed about her death. Eight days later the relatives allegedly cremated her remains. The family spent almost a month with the ashes of another person in the waiting burial, when in Ecuador will be a state of emergency in the health sector because of the new type of coronavirus. Relatives of the women have no idea whose ashes they held.
Now the family wants the hospital is reimbursed 2 thousand dollars that had been spent on funeral services and cremation.
Previously, the city of Guayaquil, has attracted particular media attention due to the fact that there had been difficulties with the removal of the bodies of the dead not only because of the coronavirus, but also from other diseases.
According to the latest data, there are 22 179 cases of infection with coronavirus new type, 576 people died.