How does a person become alive even after death? What is the science behind this
- bySherya
- 24 Jul, 2025

According to scientist Stephen Hughes, such a situation occurs when the process of confirmation of death is not followed properly by doctors after death.

Have you ever heard of a person coming back to life after dying? Many times we get to hear such news that a certain person came back to life a few hours after his death. Even many people have come back to life a few minutes before their last rites.
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After hearing such news, you must be wondering how a person can come alive after dying. Such incidents are often linked to religious beliefs. However, science behind this says something else.

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According to science, such a situation arises when a person's death has not been confirmed properly. That is, doctors confirm that the person is dead only when the heartbeat or breathing stops.
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According to scientist Stephen Hughes, such a situation occurs when the process of confirming death is not followed properly by the doctors. Many times, doctors do not check the intermittent breathing properly and confirm the death.
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In such a situation, sometimes after a few minutes and sometimes after a few hours, the person's body starts moving again, and the heartbeat also becomes normal. According to science, this is normal, but religious beliefs tell a different story about it.
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According to religious beliefs, if a person's time of death has not come, he is sent back to earth. Science does not believe this. According to science, death can be postponed for some time, but it cannot be reversed.
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That is, if all the organs of a person are gradually stopping working, then that process can be stopped for some time through medical science, but it cannot be stopped forever.