Elderly Shanghai patient mistaken for dead, later found alive in transit to morgue
James Ellingsworth 
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A video shared widely on Chinese social media shows an elderly person outside the Shanghai Xinchangzheng welfare hospital in Putuo district, Shanghai, mistaken for dead. While being transported to a morgue on May 1, 2022, the man was discovered alive. He has since been taken back to the hospital and is in stable condition. The elderly care centre has reportedly apologised.
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