Girl, 12, declared dead ‘comes back to life’ as her body is being prepared for funeral (photos)

Masfufah Wardah woke up an hour after being pronounced dead.

The family of a 12-year-old girl who was declared dead was left stunned when she woke as they cleaned her body for her funeral.

The girl, named Siti Masfufah Wardah, was admitted to a hospital in Probolinggo in the Indonesia province of East Java for chronic diabetes and organ complications on August 18.

She was pronounced dead at 6pm the same day.

Her body was taken to her home at 7pm so that family members could clean it and begin the funeral proceedings.

Loved ones were about to clean the girl’s body when she suddenly woke up again, according to her father. 

The girl reportedly passed away again an hour after she woke
The dad, identified only as 40-year-old Ngasiyo, told news outlet Detik:

When her body was being bathed, her body temperature suddenly warmed. And her closed eyes suddenly reopened. And we found her heart was beating again and her body moved.

The girl was taken back into the house and doctors were called to the scene.

Medics helped the girl with respiratory assistance and oxygen, but she reportedly passed away again an hour later.

 Lazarus syndrome or return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) which occurs in patients who have ‘died’ of heart failure.

According to medical reports, 82 percent of ROSC incidents occur after 10 minutes a person is confirmed dead after being given respiratory assistance.