In a shocking case of medical negligence, a 58-year-old man declared dead by his doctor in a private hospital showed signs of life on the same day his family had made all the arrangements for his last rites.

Chandrakanth Gangurde, a Dharavi resident was admitted to Atharva Hospital in Sion on December 5 after he was diagnosed with clots in his brain for which he was undergoing treatment in the ICU of the hospital.