Funeral home staff unzips body bag only to find ‘deceased’ woman gasping for air
A care facility in Iowa that provides care for people with Alzheimer’s is being fined $10,000 for incorrectly pronouncing a woman dead. The mistake was discovered when a funeral director opened the woman’s body bag, to find that she was still alive. The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals has issued documents regarding the incident. A woman aged 66 years old, who has kept her identity a secret, was checked into the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s …