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Argentina: Grieving Parents Find Baby Alive in Morgue

Five doctors at Perrando Hospital in northern Argentina have been suspended for declaring a baby stillborn, nailing her inside a coffin and placing her in a refrigerated room at the hospital morgue for 12 hours, Argentine media reported. The child, who was named Luz Milagros, or "Light Miracle," was found inside a coffin at the hospital in Chaco, a half day after her April 3 birth. "We were told that the baby had hypothermia and that this may have weakened her heartbeat, which would have...Full Story
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