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A mother whose newborn baby was found alive in an Argentine morgue 12 hours after being declared dead has blamed hospital negligence for the near-fatal mistake.

Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina's northern Chaco province on April 3.

But when she and her husband pried open the coffin inside the refrigerated morgue, they found the baby breathing.

"We knelt down and thanked God for this miracle," Bouter told reporters. "The doctor always treated the baby as if she were dead ... 15 minutes after my daughter was born, she was already placed in a closed coffin."

The couple named her Luz Milagros - her middle name meaning miracles in Spanish.

Officials say the infant, who was born three months premature, is in critical but stable condition.

Five hospital workers involved in the case have been suspended.

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Apr 12, 2012

NevusAuvius

oh Glory to the almighty halleeeeeeluyahhhhhh
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Apr 12, 2012

iPhone4

Uyapoka straight lomntwana!
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Apr 12, 2012

MORNACHIESS

Old news ....wena Mpumelelo your staff is lazy man nxa marete !!!
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Apr 12, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

Jeeeeeeer.. that's the thought i always have'' being buried alive
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Apr 12, 2012

Ann

this child will do miracles
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Apr 12, 2012

TKay

Negligence is all over...
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Apr 12, 2012

candilious

@Tkay -Could not agree more...........now Tunamis moving to our Continent our Ancestors are very angry
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Apr 12, 2012

JUBJUB

A miracle baby!!
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Apr 12, 2012

dimpho_4U

this is one miracle baby!
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Apr 12, 2012

Firefly

Thats a nice story. Happy ending finally.
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