How easy is it to diagnose death?

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Some doctors may have problems diagnosing diabetes, but it seems some even have trouble diagnosing death! 😱

Newspapers this week have reported a story about a woman who 'returned from the dead'. Tasleem Rafiq collapsed at home and was taken to hospital in an ambulance where doctors tried to resuscitate her for about 45 minutes without success.

Her family were told she was dead - but 11 hours later she 'woke up' when her daughter asked her a question, according to interviews.

Now and again stories like this crop up. In April it was reported that a Chinese woman climbed out of her own coffin six days after she was declared dead following a fall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19968625
 
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