'What is going on in Shanghai': Horror as elderly man taken to morgue in body bag while still alive

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/china/shanghai-morgue-care-home-resident-intl-hnk/index.html

'What is going on in Shanghai': Horror as elderly man taken to morgue in body bag -- while still alive
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 6:37 AM ET, Tue May 3, 2022

(CNN) An elderly Shanghai resident was mistakenly declared dead and taken to a morgue in a body bag, in the latest sign of dysfunction in the Covid-stricken city where millions of people remain under government-enforced lockdown.

Video footage, shot by a bystander, shows the moment several workers dressed head-to-toe in protective gear recoil as they realize the man is still alive. The footage has since gone viral on Chinese social media, sparking horror and outrage.

The video, posted on Sunday, shows the head of the man -- a nursing home resident -- appearing from the yellow body bag as the workers lift it from a vehicle.

The person filming the video, apparently from a nearby building, can be heard saying, "The nursing home is such a mess. They sent a living person on a hearse and said they were dead. The undertaker staff said they were still moving ... It is irresponsible, really irresponsible."

Many others pointed out the man could have been buried or cremated had he not been discovered alive. "The government doesn't care ... what is going on in Shanghai?" one comment read.