Egyptian man declared ‘dead’ wakes at funeral

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Cairo: The funeral of an Egyptian man turned into celebration when he woke up after being declared dead, report said.

The report said that incident took plance in southern Egypt where hospital officials pronounced Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi as dead after he suffered a heart attack.

His family says grieving relatives took him home and, according to Islamic tradition, washed his body and prepared him for burial on Friday evening.

A doctor sent to sign the death certificate found it strange that his body was warm. At closer observation she discovered he was still alive.

His mother fainted upon hearing the good news.

With the doctor’s assistance, both al-Nubi and his mother were awakened and soon were celebrating with guests.











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