Overview
- Temple workers at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham near Bangkok opened the coffin after hearing faint knocks and found the 65-year-old moving and breathing.
- She was identified by Thai media as Chonthirat (Chonthirot) Sakulkoo, who relatives believed had died after becoming unresponsive at home in Phitsanulok.
- Her brother had driven roughly 500 km seeking organ donation at a Bangkok hospital, which refused without an official death certificate, and the temple likewise declined to proceed without the document.
- An ambulance took her to Bang Yai Hospital, where clinicians determined she had extreme hypoglycaemia rather than cardiac or respiratory failure; her condition was stabilised and she remains under observation.
- The temple posted video of the discovery and said it will cover her medical costs, focusing attention on Thailand’s reliance on local, non-medical documents versus formal death certification.