Declared dead at nursing home, woman was alive at funeral home 2 hours later
A 74-year-old declared dead at a nursing home was found alive two hours later by funeral home employees attending to what they believed were her remains, a Nebraska sheriff's official said.
A 74-year-old woman declared dead at a nursing home was found alive two hours later by funeral home employees attending to what they believed were her remains, a Nebraska sheriff's official said.
The employees of the Lincoln funeral home called 911, and the woman was taken to a hospital alive, where she remained Monday, Lancaster County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Houchin said at a news conference.
The woman's condition was unavailable. Houchin identified her as Constance Glantz.
“This is a very unusual case. I’ve been doing this 31 years, and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before," Houchin said.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin provides an update in Lancaster, Neb., on Monday.Lancaster County Sheriff's Office via FacebookHouchin said a Lincoln-area nursing home where Glantz was receiving end-of-life care declared her dead about 9:44 a.m., with a doctor prepared to sign her death certificate. It wasn't clear whether that happened.
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