Woman believed to be dead turns out to be alive at Lincoln funeral home, officials say

[cigaretteman]

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman who was believed to be dead began showing signs of life at a Lincoln funeral home Monday.

Emergency crews were called to Butherus Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St., around 11:45 a.m. Monday after people there began performing CPR, according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue.
Ben Houchin, Lancaster County’s chief deputy sheriff, said the woman was transported from Waverly to the funeral home and was thought to be dead.


The Sheriff’s Office did not work the initial call regarding the woman’s death, Houchin said.
Houchin said deputies have been sent to Waverly to investigate where the woman was initially thought to be dead.

The woman was transported to Bryan East Campus and was believed to be alive as of early Monday afternoon.

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“We are early in the investigation still,” Houchin said.

Woman believed to be dead turns out to be alive at Lincoln funeral home, officials say

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a woman who was believed to be dead began showing signs of life at a Lincoln funeral home Monday.

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[Hoosierhawkeye]

Doctor who declared her dead has some explaining to do.

 

[TJ8869]

That’s gonna be one awkward 4th of July party for that family.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Is the coroner a lib or a MAGA? I want to know whether or not I should be outraged or start figuring out some spin. 😂

 

[ButtersHawk]

I wouldn't want to be buried in that sh!thole of a state either.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Doctor who declared her dead has some explaining to do.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

English Bob : Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk of course, and that you broke your bloody neck.

Little Bill Daggett : I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

 

[markfromj]

Woman’s husband asks if someone was having sex with her…perhaps that explains the mis-pronouncement.

 

[torbee]

 

[cigaretteman]

Two hours after a 74-year-old Nebraska woman was pronounced dead at her nursing home, workers at a funeral home made an astonishing discovery — she was still breathing.
After the authorities were alerted, Constance Glantz was given CPR and rushed to a hospital, where she is alive, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin told reporters at a news briefing Monday.


“This is a very unusual case,” he said. “Been doing this for 31 years, and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before.”
Her family has been notified, Houchin said.
Glantz had been in hospice care at a nursing home in Waverly, a suburb of Lincoln, Houchin said, adding that there is no coroner investigation when “the death of a patient is anticipated.”

A physician at the nursing home in Waverly had seen Glantz “in the last seven days” and was willing to sign her death certificate, Houchin said. He added that there was nothing suspicious about the circumstances, though an investigation into the incident is ongoing.


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The nursing home and funeral home did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Though rare, there have been several recent incidents involving people who were wrongly declared dead. Last year, in Iowa, a woman who was presumed dead and placed in a body bag later woke up at a funeral home; her hospice facility was fined $10,000 for mistakenly pronouncing her dead. In 2022, two Denver firefighters were disciplined for failing to check on a woman declared dead by a police officer — she was, in fact, alive.

Last year, mourners in Ecuador discovered, to their shock, a woman knocking from her inside coffin, hours after she was declared dead.
In one case, a 66-year-old Florida man was discovered to be breathing more than 20 minutes after medics ruled him dead. His daughter told The Washington Post that medics had made the initial ruling without performing proper tests.

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In Nebraska, Glantz was discovered to be alive when an employee at the funeral home in Lincoln noticed her breathing after she had been placed on a table. The worker immediately dialed 911, Houchin said.
“I’m sure that nursing homes and everybody are going to be taking a look into what has happened, and I’m sure they’ll look to see if new protocols need to be made or if they were all followed,” Houchin said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/04/nebraska-dead-woman-alive-funeral/

 

[bagdropper]

 

[TJ8869]

“You’re not fooling anyone, you know.”