Dead woman wakes up minutes before cremation

As per details, the Covid positive woman, who was to be cremated as her relatives feared she had died.

Shakuntala Gaikwad got up from the bier as it was about to be lit at a village crematorium in Baramati in Maharashtra on Monday, shocking all the folks who gathered to pay their last respects.

After testing positive for novel coronavirus a few days ago, Gaikwad was kept in isolation at home and her condition worsened.

Her family members then decided to shift her to a hospital in Baramati and waited in a car as there were no beds available at the hospitals.

The elderly woman fell unconscious and even though her relatives tried to revive her, she did not respond.

Assuming that she had passed away, they took her home and prepared for her cremation.

However, at the last minute before lighting the pyre, Gaikwad woke up shocked to find her relatives ready to set it on fire.

She started crying and was immediately moved to a hospital in the city where she is undergoing further treatment.