Jaipur, Nov 22: Four doctors, including the principal medical officer, were suspended in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district after a 25-year-old deaf man declared dead by them regained consciousness moments before his cremation.
The man, identified as Rohitash Kumar, was seen breathing and moving while being on the pyre in the cremation ground for last rites, said an official.
An ambulance was called immediately and he was rushed to the district hospital and is undergoing treatment in the ICU. His condition is now stable.
Jhunjhunu district Collector Ramavtar Meena suspended the principal medical officer and three doctors on charges of negligence soon after the news spread.
As per officials, one Rohitash (25) lived in a shelter home and had no known family. He is an orphan, deaf and dumb.
He was admitted to the BDK hospital in Jhunjhunuon Thursday after he faced some health complications. He is an orphan, deaf and dumb and is staying in an orphanage centre. The attending doctors declared him dead at around 2 p.m.
His body was then kept in a mortuary and later taken to the crematorium in an ambulance after completing formalities.
When Rohitash's body was placed on the pyre for last rites, he started breathing and his body started moving.
Seeing this, people present there got scared. An ambulance was immediately called and Rohitash was taken to the hospital.
