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 You begin to you ask yourself, how many other people have died like that in a morgue 

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An Eastern Cape grandfather, who woke up in a morgue after his family believed he was dead, has been discharged from hospital, a health official said on Monday.

“Doctors put him under observation and concluded he was stable. He did not need further treatment,” said Eastern Cape health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo.

He said the man had suffered from dehydration after spending 21 hours inside the morgue of a private undertaker at Libode in the Transkei region on Sunday afternoon.

His family had presumed he was dead when they could not wake him  up.

“The family called a private undertaker who took what they thought was a dead body to the morgue, but the man woke up inside the morgue on Sunday at 5pm and screamed, demanding to be taken out  of the cold place.”   

Kupelo said the two mortuary attendants thought that they had heard a ghost.

“At first, the mortuary workers ran for their lives,” said Kupelo.

The man was taken to Saint Barnabus hospital where he was discharged on Monday morning.

He had to go in for a check-up again on Thursday.

Kupelo said this incident showed that the funeral industry needed to be better regulated.

“We need to the message across to all South Africans that it is very wrong for them to conclude on their own that a person has died.

“You begin to you ask yourself, how many other people have died like that in a morgue.”   

If a member of the public thinks a family member is dead, he or she must first call an ambulance or the police who will then follow  the correct processes.

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Jul 25, 2011

DAVINATOR22

A little bird was flying south for the winter. Hone ho bata!!!

The bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by, ya nyela hodima nonyana ya
modimo the frozen bird lay there ka hara thaba ya masepa a kgomo, he
began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following
the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and
promptly dug him out and ate him.

Life's Lesson
(1) HA SE HO RE MOTHO HA A O NYELA KE SERA SA HAO.

(2) HA SE HO RE MOTHO HA A O NTSHA MASEPENG KE MOTSWALLE WA HAO.

(3) & HA OLE MASEPENG, HO BETERE O THOLE.




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Jul 25, 2011

Galfrend

“At first, the mortuary workers ran for their lives,"-hahahahahaaaaaa I can imagine,mna ndingaquleka.....LMAO!

On a serious note,“We need to the message across to all South Africans that it is very wrong for them to conclude on their own that a person has died.

“You begin to you ask yourself, how many other people have died like that in a morgue.”
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Very true.
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Jul 25, 2011

Morwediwabakone

hahahahahahaha, imagine šetše ba boditše batho gore o hwile and ebile batho ba bangwe šetše ba tlile go hloboga ka dikotlelo tša maupi le di R5! ba tlo di bušetša jwale? hai but really now this is a lesson to us all especially in rural areas like where i come from where usually people conclude on their own if a person has died and no medical practitioner needed to verify that befor we take a person to the mourgue. I can imagine how many of us are murderous yet we are not aware we are.
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Jul 25, 2011

green2014

I don't get it people scared of the dead and not the living. Be careful of stories you tell to your children because those stories will shape their pyche for the rest of their lives. Some people are scared of snakes even if they've not seen one. I'm not scared of a snake, its the poison that worries me. so, the head will always be the target.
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Jul 25, 2011

Mosquer

Hehehee O kare ke ya bona.
Mos go ra gore bantši ba s'chaile ko morgue before their time
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Jul 25, 2011

Mpotjekegobotje

@green2014,.As if U were not gonna runaway...
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Eish..ekare ke a ba bona ba hlanotje direthe babe ba tlogele dieta ko morago...
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Jul 25, 2011

SmartMoa

24hrs ka gare ga ice........I still dont believe it
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Jul 25, 2011

MshekeshekeLower

How do you then live under the same roof with that person. He must have woken up from the dead coz I dont understand ukuthi how could the family make that mistake, as if that was not enough, what about the parlour staff, something is fishy here. Maybe madala was faking his own death but became a coward on the way..........lol.........
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Jul 25, 2011

Lovin1

It was wrong for the family to call the undertaker without first calling the Police or an ambulance. How would one of them(family members who called the undertaker)felt if the same happened to him/her? I would have also ran away if i were to b one of the workers at that morgue
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Jul 25, 2011

TKay

hahaha Grandfather o a loya...waking up from the dead shoooo. Undertakers need to be trained to evaluate bodies especially the ones they pick from homes, they cant just take in a body. What would have happened if he woke up when there was no one, the poor old man would have frozen to death
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