Miraculous survival: Woman wakes up en route to her own funeral in Udon Thani

[webfact]

Photo Courtesy of KhaoSod

 

A baffling miraculous survival incident occurred in Udon Thani, when a woman aged 49 years old, supposedly dead, awakened just as her family prepared for her funeral at a local temple. The family believed she was waiting for her daughter who was travelling from Bangkok.

 

Yesterday, Weeraphon Rak Samerwong, admin of the Ban Dung Update page, was informed about transporting Chataphon, a resident of Ban Dung district, back to her home after succumbing to a severe illness. Mali, the mother, advocated for her daughter to return home as it was the final wish she held dear. As she was informed by the doctor that there were slim chances of her survival, she intended to take her daughter back home.

 

However, mid-journey to Ban Dung, Chataphon died. Mali, her mother, promptly alerted relatives anticipating them at the temple to start the funeral procession. Bizarrely as the vehicle entered Wat Sri Phadung, Chataphon revived, causing an astonishing reaction among the people in the van. On realising that her daughter had regained consciousness, Mali hurriedly rushed her to Somdet Phra Yuparaj Hospital in Ban Dung. She joyfully informed everyone about their good fortune, stating Chataphon’s miraculous survival, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo Courtesy of KhaoSod

 

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[LS24]

I bet she got asked for the lottery numbers.

[2baht]

Has she rescheduled? ????

[flyingtlger]

Sounds like the doctor that declared her dead needs to go back to medical school......

[BenStark]

8 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Sounds like the doctor that declared her dead needs to go back to medical school......

From the OP it sounds as if there was no doctor involved in declaring her dead.

 

It was the family themselves who transported her back home, and changed route to the temple half way

[Pique Dard]

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

a woman aged 49 years old, supposedly dead, awakened just as her family prepared for her funeral at a local temple.

now she could certainly see if she was really missed

[brianthainess]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

However, mid-journey to Ban Dung, Chataphon died. Mali, her mother, promptly alerted relatives

If she didn't die then she didn't come Back from dead.

So mother decided she was dead, not a doctor, so you can have someone cremated without a doctors death certificate, 

Temple Abbots don't check for a Death Cert.!  OMG !

Headline should read; Incompetent Mother nearly cremates daughter instead of phoning EMS..

 

[HappyExpat57]

I wanna know what amulet she was wearing.

[brianthainess]

37 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Sounds like the doctor that declared her dead needs to go back to medical school......

Was her Mum a Doctor? 

[brianthainess]

39 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Sounds like the doctor that declared her dead needs to go back to medical school......

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

As she was informed by the doctor that there were slim chances of her survival,

 

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Has she rescheduled? ????

No, but her place was immediately taken up by someone who died of the shock of seeing her sit up in her coffin!

[bdenner]

Coming from Amphor Ban Dung and had it been me I'd rather be dead than:-

 

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hurriedly rushed her to Somdet Phra Yuparaj Hospital in Ban Dung

 

[rbkk]

The music volume is often enough to awaken the dead.

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

So mother decided she was dead, not a doctor, so you can have someone cremated without a doctors death certificate, 

No that would never happen. The body of a deceased person would never go straight from the hospital to the cremation oven. In Thai society, the mourning period is very important. It's obvious from the narrative that Chataphon's mother's plan was taking her home so that she could die there, surrounded by her family. That is the preferred way for almost all Thais.

 

Most Thais are also 'laid out' at home for the mourning period, which lasts a minimum of 2 days. But sometimes the body is laid out at the temple instead and that appears to be what their arrangements were, hence the quick of change of plan when Chataphon apparently died.

 

A doctor would have been summons to the temple to confirm the death and issue the death certificate. But she confounded them all didn't she and at the very least she got to see her daughter.

[Golden Triangle]

Lucky she woke up prior to the door being shut.

[BE88]

Luckily the mother has everything decided before the funeral then take her to the hospital, perfectly logical Thai.

[brianthainess]

55 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

A doctor would have been summons to the temple to confirm the death and issue the death certificate.

Sorry but I don't believe that, anything in Thailand is possible

 

57 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

The body of a deceased person would never go straight from the hospital to the cremation oven

She was not pronounced dead by any doctor.

[ignore it]

Hmm. Seems it's becoming a trend.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Sounds like the doctor that declared her dead needs to go back to medical school......

He didn't he merely said her chances of survival were slim.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Bizarrely as the vehicle entered Wat Sri Phadung, Chataphon revived, causing an astonishing reaction among the people in the van

Mass evacuation I would imagine.

[jak2002003]

So, if they do not need a doctor to confirm the person is dead before cremation, what is to stop anyone drugging someone so they appear dead and then basically murdering them...cremating them alive? 

[brianthainess]

12 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

He didn't he merely said her chances of survival were slim.

Probably Knew how stupid her mum is.

[brianthainess]

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Mass evacuation I would imagine.

From them or the Vehicle? ????

[Purdey]

I'm not dead yet!

You look dead.

I'm feeling much better now. 

[brianthainess]

27 minutes ago, Purdey said:

I'm not dead yet!

You look dead.

I'm feeling much better now. 

How do you like your coffin? 

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

A doctor would have been summons to the temple to confirm the death and issue the death certificate.

 

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Sorry but I don't believe that, anything in Thailand is possible

 

In the village that I live in, most old folk die at home. The doctor is always called in to certify the death. Having a death certificate is very important. Think insurance payouts, pension/widows payments. Bank accounts. You can't deal with any of these things without a death certificate. You're being totally illogical..

 

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

 

She was not pronounced dead by any doctor.

 

At the time she left the hospital no she wasn't. because she wasn't dead was she and at press time she still wasn't! The plan was to take her home as it said in the O/P and my post. Seems to me you read neither the O/P or my post in any depth before typing your kneejerk response.

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

Another nonsense news article as the woman was never dead. Most Thais also believe I have magic skills as I can do a few tricks and know what to say.

Edited June 30, 2023 by ChaiyaTH

[PETERTHEEATER]

Eerie voice from the crematorium "Gawd it's 'ot in 'ere"

[Bangkok Barry]

I've asked my wife about this. Apparently, and this is hard to believe, she tells me it is normal, if a person dies at home (or in this case 'dies' in transit), for the family merely to accept that person as dead. No medical personnel at all are called to confirm it. That only happens in the case of an accident or mysterious death (body found in field etc).

 

I guess that sometimes the family member gets the diagnosis wrong and you get people 'waking from the dead'. Not the first case I've read of it happening here, and now I know why. I go to bed wiser than when I woke up, always a good thing.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, brianthainess said:

From them or the Vehicle? ????

Both