According to this Reuters report, a baby that was pronounced stillborn in an Israeli hospital, “came back to life” after spending about 5 hours in a refrigerated storage unit at the hospital. The mother had, had to have an emergency abortion because of internal bleeding. Upon birth, at 23 weeks, the baby weighed 600 grams which is approximately 1.32 pounds. Hospital deputy director Moshe Daniel had this to say:
"We don't know how to explain this, so when we don't know how to explain things in the medical world we call it a miracle, and this is probably what happened”
One explanation that was supplied, by Motti Ravid a professor of internal medicine, was that the lower temperatures slowed down the metabolism of the baby, which might have helped her to survive. Currently the baby is a neonatal intensive care unit. The doctors are still unsure of her prognosis, and do not know if she will be able to survive.
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