Sunday, February 19, 2023

Iowa woman mistakenly pronounced dead ‘gasped for air’ in funeral home

Hospice

A care facility in Iowa is facing thousands of dollars in fines after a 66-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the hospice care facility in Iowa.

Staff saw no signs of life and alerted the woman’s family before a funeral home was called to pick up the body. However, within minutes of arriving at the funeral home, the woman gasped for air within an hour and a faint pulse was detected. The woman ultimately died two days later at the hospice care facility, surrounded by her family.

For more information see Louis Casiano “Iowa woman mistakenly pronounced dead ‘gasped for air’ in funeral home” Fox News, February 1, 2023.

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2023/02/iowa-woman-mistakenly-pronounced-dead-gasped-for-air-in-funeral-home.html

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