Records: Toddler found alive in hospital morgue after being pronounced dead by Arizona doctor – ABC15 Arizona

Records: Toddler found alive in hospital morgue after being pronounced dead by Arizona doctor  ABC15 Arizona

An Arizona toddler was found breathing inside a Gilbert hospital morgue after being declared dead hours earlier by an Arizona doctor, according to police records.A police report and body camera video reviewed by the ABC15 Investigators show that two Gilbert police officers saw signs of life multiple times, but the toddler was still taken to the hospital’s “cold room,” which is also considered to be the morgue.One officer wrote in the police report that the baby was pronounced dead “in error” by the Mercy Gilbert doctor even after a tense exchange about a pulse possibly being detected.The 18-month-old was rushed to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center after he was found inside the family’s pool on Super Bowl Sunday in February.It has taken months for the Gilbert police to release public records related to the near-drowning.In the video player below, watch ABC15 Investigators Ashley Holden and Nicole Grigg discuss this case and the questions that are unanswered.The ABC15 Investigators reviewed a half dozen body camera videos, including videos from the initial drowning scene and videos inside the hospital.

Most of the videos are heavily blurred, and most of the audio has been muted, but one critical moment was captured between the doctor and the officer.According to the police report, the officer wrote that a nurse in another room said: “I have a