A US man was told his elderly father was making a miraculous recovery from coronavirus - when in reality he was already dead.
Steve Mastropietro had been told his 91-year-old dad was on the mend two days after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in his nursing home.But the nurses caring for his dad at the New Jersey Veterans Home in Paramus soon realised they had made a terrible mistake.
According to USA Today, an identification mix-up at the hospital meant they had mistaken another patient for Tom Matropietrio, who suffered from dementia.
To the family's horror, far from being on the mend - the Korean War veteran was actually already dead.His son recalled being "stunned but happy” when nurses told him his father was making an incredible