Baby survives over 10 hours in hospital morgue coffin that was nailed shut after she was declared dead

**Jenna** · 04-11-12, 09:37 PM

This baby was born on April 3, three months early, and had no vital signs, hospital director Dr. Jose Luis Meirino told CNN.
The gynecologist on hand didn't find any signs of life, so he passed the baby to a neonatal doctor who also didn't find vital signs, Meirino said.
The doctors observed the baby for a while, and only then, pronounced her dead.

She wanted to take a picture with her cell phone of the baby just as she lay, as a memory, the husband said.
It took some cajoling, but finally, hospital officials allowed the couple to visit the baby in the hospital morgue around 10 p.m., Veron said. As many as 12 hours had passed since the baby had been declared dead.
"They put the coffin on top of a stretcher and we looked for a little crowbar to open it because it was nailed shut," Veron told a local television station. "It was nailed shut. I put the crowbar in there and started prying. I took a breath and took the lid off."
Boutet approached the baby's body, touched her hand, and heard a cry, Veron told CNN.

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