An Indian man, who had been injured in a motorcycle crash and declared dead at a private hospital, was found moving on the autopsy table, AFP reported. The 27-year-old, from Karnataka’s Mahalingapur town, was admitted to a private hospital after being critically injured. There he was declared dead after which they also took him off the ventilator. 

However, later when he was shifted to a government hospital for his autopsy, the pathologist found him moving while the doctors were preparing to open him for post-mortem.

Relatives told local media a pathologist saw the body move as it lay on the autopsy table.

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A government health officer confirmed the incident and told AFP the injured man was then immediately admitted to another hospital, where his condition was improving.

The official said doctors at the private hospital had exercised “bad judgement” when they removed him from the ventilator and presumed him dead.

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The family has yet to launch a formal complaint, the official added.