Overview
- Temple staff at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi heard faint tapping, opened the coffin and saw the 65-year-old moving and opening her eyes.
- The woman had been bedridden for about two years and, according to her brother, appeared not to breathe for two days before the attempted cremation.
- Her brother transported her roughly 500 km from Phitsanulok seeking to honor her wish to donate organs, but a Bangkok hospital refused without an official death certificate.
- The temple also declined to proceed without the certificate, then arranged an ambulance once she was found alive, and the abbot said the temple would cover medical costs.
- Local outlets citing Bangkok Post reported doctors found severe hypoglycemia with no signs of cardiac or respiratory arrest, and the temple’s Facebook video drew wide public scrutiny of death-declaration protocols.