A Death in Error: The Unsettling Consequences of Premature Declared Dying The recent police report from Arizona detailing the tragic case of an 18 month old toddler who was pronounced dead only to be found alive hours later in a hospital morgue raises disturbing questions about medical decision making, particularly when it comes to infants.
The child's parents have been accused of negligence for allegedly failing to secure the garage doors and supervise their son, who managed to access the pool where he was found unresponsive.
However, the police report's attention grabbing revelation is not the toddler's miraculous recovery – though that too is astonishing – but rather the series of events leading up to his "death" declaration.