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Brain Dead Woman Comes Back to Life in India After Ambulance Hits Huge Pothole on UP Highway

The woman's brain-death diagnosis is questioned after she recovered speech and interaction following a sudden ambulance jolt that may have reversed neurotoxin effects, doctors say.

  • During a return trip along Bareilly–Haridwar NH-74, an ambulance hit a pothole on VIP Road, jolting the vehicle and family members noticed signs of life afterward.
  • After collapsing at home on February 22 while doing household chores, Vineeta Shukla was taken to Pilibhit hospital where exams found no brainstem reflexes, dilated pupils, and a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3.
  • Following emergency evaluation in Bareilly, doctors admitted her to the intensive care unit where she remained under close observation for nearly two weeks and stabilized.
  • After stabilization in intensive care, Vineeta, senior assistant, copy section, judicial courts in Pilibhit, returned home in Pilibhit and can now speak and interact with family members.
  • Doctors and experts say the recovery raises questions about the brain-death diagnosis, as doctors and family were shocked and consider if neurotoxins caused a temporary neurological shutdown.
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Times of India broke the news in India on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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