Alleged dead woman, Bella Montoya wakes up inside a coffin at her own wake in Ecuador

An supposed dead woman identified as Bella Montoya, 76, a retired nurse, startled family, friends and her relatives who gathered to pay their last respects at her wake in Ecuador.

According to reports, she had a stroke and was declared clinically dead following a thorough examination by doctors before her son Gilberto Barbera was given a paper confirming her dead.

INSÓLITO !! La iban a velar pero estaba VIVA

Bella Montoya, mujer de la tercera edad fue dada por muerta en el hospital de Babahoyo

Se la entregaron a su hijo al medio día para que realizara el velatorio! Pero a las 18:30 se dieron cuenta que aún estaba viva.#Babahoyo… pic.twitter.com/E84hcN3nzn

— Ecuador Comunicación (@ecuadorprensaec) June 10, 2023

Strange noise began to be heard as relatives and friends came to comfort and console one another over the loss. It was a gathering of about 20 persons. “The casket began to make noises after roughly five hours of the wake.

Montoya was then returned to the hospital in the city of Babahoyo by his family.

#COMUNICADO | @Salud_Ec conforma Comité de Auditoría Médica para evaluar responsabilidades en caso de paciente de Babahoyo.

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— Coordinación Zonal 5 🇪🇨 (@Salud_CZ5) June 12, 2023

She is said to be in an intensive care unit and is being intubated. According to the Ministry of Health, an inquiry has been launched to get to the bottom of the situation and determine how the events occurred. A technical group has been constituted to assess the hospital’s present process for issuing death certificates.