Woman dies of heart attack caused by shock of waking up at her OWN funeral

  • Started screaming as mourners gathered around coffin saying prayers for her soul
  • 'Her eyes fluttered but she only lived for another 12 minutes before she died again, this time for good'

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Updated:

A woman died from a heart attack caused by shock after waking up to discover she had been declared dead - and was being prepared for burial.

As mourning relatives filed past her open coffin the supposedly dead woman suddenly woke up and started screaming as she realised where she was.

Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, 49, had been wrongly declared deceased by doctors but died for real after hearing mourners saying prayers for her soul to be taken up to heaven in Kazan, Russia.

Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov pictured with her husband Fagili. The Russian woman died from shock after waking up at her own funeral

Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov pictured with her husband Fagili. The Russian woman died from shock after waking up at her own funeral

Devastated husband Fagili Mukhametzyanov, 51, had been told his wife had died of a heart attack after she'd collapsed at home suffering from chest pains.

Mr Mukhametzyanov said: 'Her eyes fluttered and we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another 12 minutes in intensive care before she died again, this time for good.

'I am very angry and want answers. She wasn’t dead when they said she was and they could have saved her.'

Hospital spokesman Minsalih Sahapov said: 'We are carrying out an investigation.'

The body of Mrs Mukhametzyanov lies wrapped in a carpet after she died for the second time at her own funeral in Kazan, Russia

The body of Mrs Mukhametzyanov lies wrapped in a carpet after she died for the 'second' time at her own funeral in Kazan, Russia


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