--- title: "Chinese Nursing Home Brings Resident to Morgue While Still Alive" description: "A new video shows workers in protection gear unloading a yellow body bag from the back of a hearse in Shanghai — only to realize the person was still alive." date: "2022-05-03" modified: "2022-05-03" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/china-morgue-alive" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "china" - "covid19" - "Shanghai" --- # Chinese Nursing Home Brings Resident to Morgue While Still Alive ![A new video shows workers in protection gear unloading a yellow body bag from the back of a hearse in Shanghai — only to realize the person was still alive.]() *\Image: CBS News via Twitter\* A new video circulating on Chinese social media shows workers in full protection gear unloading a yellow body bag from the back of a hearse in Shanghai — only to make the shocking discovery that the person was still alive and moving, [*CNN* reports](). The footage, which has gone viral on Weibo, shows the nursing home resident's head poking out of the bag, presumably scaring the bejesus out of the employees. A voice in the video can be heard saying that the "nursing home is such a mess," as quoted by *CNN*. "They sent a living person on a hearse and said they were dead. The undertaker staff said they were still moving... It is irresponsible, really irresponsible." It's unclear if the person in the body bag had been infected with COVID-19, which is currently [sweeping parts of China](). According to *CNN*, local authorities have launched an investigation. Three officials as well as the head of the nursing home have been fired. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1521504923237683200 It's the latest sign that Shanghai's residents are going through a very difficult time right now. Given [recent reports](), the city has been plunged into chaos amid the latest outbreak of COVID, with government services and supply lines crumbling under the pressure of China's stringent "zero COVID" policy. Shanghai has been in full lockdown for weeks now, with local residents reportedly struggling to buy food and being forced to quarantine inside their homes [for extended periods of time](). There have also been reports of sick residents [unable to access basic healthcare]() due to the logistical nightmare unfolding in the city of over 26 million people. Countless residents have voiced their anger and discontent online throughout the city's lockdowns, finding new ways to [sidestep China's censors](). The latest video has only added to those voices, with Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the state-owned *Global Times* newspaper, arguing on his personal Weibo account that "this has nothing to do with the epidemic, or any kind of normal negligence and irresponsibility, this is a serious dereliction of duty that almost led to death," [as translated by *TIME*](). **READ MORE:** ['What is going on in Shanghai': Horror as elderly man taken to morgue in body bag -- while still alive]() \[*CNN*\] ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()