KENYA- A man, who was declared dead in a Kenyan hospital  woke up alive in the mortuary the following day.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that mortuary workers at Naivasha hospital ran away when the body of Paul Mutora stirred and was seen to be breathing.

He was said to have swallowed insecticide while trying to kill himself and was pronounced dead on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, the Superintendent in-charge of the hospital, Dr. Joseph Mburu, said the drug used to treat him slowed the heart beat, which may have led to the mistake.

"This might have confused medical personnel, but the victim was saved before he could be embalmed,” he said.

It was also gathered that Mr. Mutora’s father and other relatives had visited the morgue on Thursday morning to view the body and then returned home to begin funeral arrangements, only for them to be informed in the afternoon that he was alive.  

According to source, when noises were heard inside the cold room, the mortuary attendant and a worker took to their heels screaming.

Mr Mutora, who is currently recovering on a male ward in the hospital in the lakeside town, 90km (55 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi, has apologised for the suicide act.

"This was a mistake from the start and I apologise to my father," the patient said.