"Miracle" Preemie Pronounced Dead; Spent 15 Hours in a Morgue Refrigerator Until Hospital Workers Heard Him Cry...

Fr. Mark Hodges : Feb 11, 2016
LifeSiteNews.com

Although little An An is still fighting for his life in an incubator, hospital workers are calling him the "miracle child."

(Zhejiang, China)—The doctor pronounced little An An, a preemie only one month old, dead. His heart stopped, and he stopped breathing. The hospital issued An An's death certificate, and his father, Lu, wrapped him in his clothes and took him to the morgue. (Photo via LifeSiteNews)

The tiny newborn was stored for the night in the morgue's refrigerated cadaver compartment, which maintains temperatures as low as ten degrees Fahrenheit. His body was scheduled to be cremated the next morning.

But in the morning, funeral home workers were shocked to hear An An crying. One worker pulled An An out of the refrigerator and contacted An An's father.

The funeral home worker also canceled An An's cremation.

Little An An had spent 15 hours in the morgue's refrigerated storage unit.

"Having been a pediatrician for over 20 years, I can't really understand how this miracle happened," An An's pediatrician, Dr. Chen Shuanghua, said.

An An was delivered at only seven months' gestation on January 8 in Zhejiang, a coastal province in southeastern China. Doctors kept him in the hospital for specialized preemie care until...

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