Confusion in a nursing home: “died” of the coronavirus and “resuscitated” 10 days later

A surprising story reminiscent of Argentinian film Waiting for the cart happened in real life in Galicia, Spain, when a woman He ‘resuscitated’ 10 days after he ‘died’ from coronavirus. Rogelia White (85) He was infected with Covid-19 at the start of this 2021 and after several days of fighting the disease, on January 13, his family received the sad news of his death. Her husband Ramón and her seven nephews mourned the loss and they had to bury him in a sealed coffin (according to the Spanish protocol for the pandemic). However, 10 days later, the relatives received a call, where they were informed that Rogelia was there and had survived the coronavirus.

Rogelia White, a native of Galicia fell ill in the retirement home San Bartolomeu de Xove (Lugo) with his roommate, Conchita. It is the woman who died and that Rogelia’s relatives have buried. The identities of the patients were somehow exchanged, when on December 29, after testing positive, they were transferred from geriatrics to another Pereiro de Aguiar (Ourense) where the entity concentrates its infected inhabitants. There, the two women shared an ambulance on a bumpy 220-kilometer drive in which they had to change vehicles due to a breakdown. When they arrived, they were placed in the same room.

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Confusion and surprise

Pereiro de Aguiar’s doctors, who had just met them, reported Conchita’s bad development to Rogelia’s relatives, and vice versa. “I believe that they got confused after a few days because, at the beginning, I’m sure they told me about my aunt: they told me that she sang when she was happy and Rogelia is like that! “, he told the Spanish newspaper The country Julio, one of Rogelia’s nephews.

Last Saturday, January 23, after being released, the woman returned by ambulance to the Xove residence, where they had a big surprise. There they waited for Conchita, but Rogeli got out of the vehicleat. At that time, his nephew Julio was notified and he immediately contacted Ramón to explain that he was no longer a widower: “I did not assimilate it. Said it was impossible, that Rogelia couldn’t be there because we had buried her, ”said Julio, who in turn explained that, at the moment, they could only see a photo of the woman.

The San Rosendo Foundation, who manages the San Bartolomeu de Xove residence, lamented what she called “unfortunate incident” and clarified that “it was a specific event among the more than 100 transfers that have been made since last December”. In addition, they announced that their legal departments would take care of the paperwork so that Rogelia would again be registered as living in the official archives and that Conchita’s body is transferred to her real family’s doghouse. They also ensured that, henceforth, residents referred to the residence will be identified with a bracelet similar to that of hospitals.

For their part, Rogelia’s family criticized the “lack of professionalism” of the foundation. “It was discovered because my aunt survived. Who knows how many families have strangers in their niches? Julio wondered.

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