Overview

• Crematorium staff at Puri's Swargadwar discovered the woman breathing while formalities for her cremation were underway.
• The woman was identified as P Laxmi, 86, from Andhra Pradesh, who had been visiting her son-in-law's home in Odisha's Ganjam district.
• Family members said they presumed she was dead because she did not open her eyes and showed no sign of breathing.
• Swargadwar requires Aadhaar identification for the deceased and applicant as well as a death certificate, which the family could not produce.
• She was shifted by ambulance to Puri hospital, where a doctor described her condition as critical with the heart and kidneys functioning but poor brain response.