Woman certified dead 'comes round' at Palma mortuary

Once there, however, her fingers were seen moving. An ambulance went to the mortuary and a doctor confirmed that she had a pulse.

She was then taken back to hospital; her condition is very weak.

This has been put down to an error, and there is no suggestion that it merits any police investigation. For relatives, needless to say, it all came as something of an unpleasant shock.