It was considered a miracle when a mother in a Texas, United States hospital was revived after suffering a serious complication while giving birth.

Marisa Christie, 30, had just delivered her triplets by C-section at the Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center north of Houston on 21 August and the doctor was separating her placenta and uterus when she suffered a seizure and her heart stopped.

Anesthesiologist Dr. Ricardo Mora instantly knew Christie was experiencing an amniotic fluid embolism, a rare but often fatal birth complication caused by an intense allergic reaction to amniotic fluid after delivery.

At the same time, the patient was bleeding profusely so doctors were replacing her blood while they gave her CPR. She was then placed in an ECMO machine that pumped blood into her. Doctors ultimately removed her uterus to stop the hemorrhage and stabilize her.

“We replaced her blood volume. So, for 45 minutes, she was clinically dead,” Mora said, as reported by the New York Post. After a week in the ECMO, the unconscious Christie woke up and she eventually recovered.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a homeless Indian deaf-mute was rushed to BDK District Hospital in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan on 21 November where he was declared dead on arrival.

Without relatives present, the man’s body was released for cremation. But before the funeral pyre could be ignited, the man woke up.

He was rushed back to the BDK. But unlike Christie’s case, his story ended differently. This person with a disability was transferred to another hospital in Jaipur where he officially died.

Upon investigation by authorities, it was found that the man was actually not dead the first time and BDK doctors failed to perform a postmortem on him.

“Doctors Yogesh Jhkhar, Navneet Meel and Sandeep Prachar are suspended for gross misconduct,” District Collector Ramavtar Meena said of the negligent physicians, according to the Indian Express.