WOMAN FOUND BREATHING AFTER BEING DECLARED DEAD AT FUNERAL HOME IN NEW YORK

Tue 07 February 2023:

An 82-year-old woman was declared dead in a nursing facility in New York, but three hours later, she was discovered breathing at the funeral home where she had been taken, according to the authorities. At 11:15 on Saturday morning (February 4), the lady was declared dead at the Water’s Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson, Long Island, according to Suffolk County police.

“The woman, whose name was not released, was taken to the O.B. Davis Funeral Homes in Miller Place at 1:30 p.m., police said in a news release. She was discovered breathing at 2:09 p.m.,” police officials said.

A continuing-care facility in Iowa was penalised US$10,000 for a related event, days before the alleged New York premature death declaration.

A 66-year-old woman who was receiving hospice care was pronounced dead on January 3 at the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, according to authorities in Iowa.

The woman, whose name was not released, was reportedly taken to the OB Davis Funeral Homes in Miller Place, New York, at 1.30pm. Police said she was discovered breathing at 2.09pm.

The woman was taken to a hospital. No update on her condition was available Monday.

The apparent premature declaration of death occurred days after a continuing care home in Iowa was fined $10,000 (£8,320) over a similar case.

Authorities in Iowa said that a 66-year-old woman was declared dead on 3 January at the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, Iowa, where she was receiving hospice care.

The woman was placed in a body bag and taken to the Ankeny Funeral Home & Crematory. The funeral home’s staff members then unzipped the body bag to find the woman alive and gasping for air, the New York Times reported, attributing the information to a citation from the Iowa department of inspections and appeals. The facility staff called 911 and she was returned to hospice care, where she died on 5 January, the Iowa inspection and appeals department said in a report.

Police said that the New York case has been referred to the state attorney general’s office for investigation.

Representatives of the funeral home said in a statement that they were unable to discuss the situation further out of respect for the privacy and confidentiality of the families concerned.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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