Horrified dad speaks out as his baby girl's hand moves inside coffin at her funeral

Kiara Crislayne de Moura dos Santos was pronounced dormant but mourners astatine her ceremonial successful Correia Pinto, Brazil, noticed the babe was moving her manus and truthful she was taken to hospital

A heartbroken dada has spoken retired aft horrified mourners noticed his baby miss was moving her manus successful her coffin astatine her funeral.

Cristiano Santos has shared his grief pursuing the debacle, which saw small Kiara Crislayne de Moura dos Santos declared dormant - yet past determination successful her ain coffin.

When a comparative touched Kiara's fingers, the eight-month-old babe gripped them tightly. A adjacent pharmacist recovered she was inactive breathing and called the exigency services.

Kiara was rushed to infirmary again - astir 16 hours aft doctors thought she'd died - but medics pronounced beingness extinct again. The babe had a pulse and an oxygen saturation level of 84 per cent, which leaves patients successful request to instant captious care. They had besides recovered nary hint of rigor mortis which usually stiffens a assemblage betwixt six and 8 hours aft death.

Her heartbroken dada Cristiano Santos has present said: "We were devastated already. Then determination came a small spot of hope, but past this ended up happening."

The shocking incidental happened aft Kiara's assemblage was instrumentality from Faustino Riscarolli Hospital Foundation successful Correia Pinto, successful the Brazilian authorities of Santa Catarina, to the ceremonial parlour.

After her parents brought a acceptable of apparel for the babe to deterioration successful her coffin, the work began astatine 7pm, conscionable 16 hours aft Kiara had been declared dead.

The hospital, present facing an probe by Brazil's specializer Scientific Police, admitted that they had declared the kid died 16 hours earlier and past confirmed the decease again aboriginal erstwhile the kid was erstwhile again brought back. Correia Pinto City Hall aboriginal apologised to Kiara's household and promised a afloat probe with a study successful 30 days.

A spokesperson said: "The Municipality of Correia Pinto reiterates its committedness to supply the champion attraction for each citizens, and reinforces that, nether nary circumstances, tin immoderate nonrecreational contented certificates oregon statements without due authentication of the patient's condition. In addition, each wellness professionals are perpetually oriented and trained, ensuring that people's lives and well-being are ever the priority."