Man wakes up in mortuary more than 15 hours after hospital pronounced him dead

24-year-old man from central Kenya was rushed to hospital
He had drunk insecticide in an apparent suicide attempt
Pronounced dead, he was taken to the morgue to be embalmed
The anti-poison drugs may have made him appear to have died
Hospital is investigating how the mistake could have happened

Staff in a Kenyan morgue were shocked when a man who had been pronounced dead regained consciousness and began calling for help.
Hospital authorities have launched an investigation into why Paul Mutora, 24, was declared dead and his body taken to a morgue for embalming.

He had been rushed to the hospital in a critical condition after drinking insecticide in an apparent suicide attempt following an argument with his father.
On Thursday afternoon two mortuary attendants heard noises coming from a side room and when they found the man breathing, they 'took to their heals screaming,' a witness told Kenya's Star newspaper.
Hospital superintendent Dr Joseph Mburu told television network KTN Kenya that the anti-poison drugs given to Mr Mutora upon arrival at the hospital may have wrongly given the impression he had died.
He said: 'The effect of atropines can be sometimes to slowing of heart rate and most of the time it causes dilation of the pupils.
'These two observations are used to make a conclusion that someone has lost their life,' he said.
A groggy Mr Mutora said: 'This was a mistake from the start.

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