A pensioner surprised her family by returning to her care home nine days after they were told she had been buried in a case of mistaken identity.
The mix-up over names left the Spanish family of Rogelia Blanco heartbroken when they were told she had died of Covid on January 13 and her funeral was the following day.
Due to coronavirus protocols they were tragically unable to attend, Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia reports. So when she arrived fit and well back at the care home in Xove, northern Spain, on Saturday, her husband burst into tears, the paper said.
Raman Blanco, who also lives at the residence with his wife, was overwhelmed when he learned it had in fact been the woman who shared Rogelia's room who had died. "I could not