The individual was declared dead when 999 ambulance workers attended an incident before waking up at Darlington Memorial Hospital on Friday.
The North East Ambulance Service has issued an apology into Friday's incidentA patient who was reportedly declared dead by paramedics 'woke up' in hospital hours later.
The individual, whose identity has not been revealed, was declared dead when 999 ambulance workers attended an incident before being taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital 'The colleagues involved are being supported appropriately and we will not be commenting further about any individuals at this point.'The incident comes just months after a damning report looked into NEAS ambulance workers allegedly 'hiding medical errors and withholding evidence at the coroner's inquests'.
The report, led by retired hospital boss Dame Marianne Griffiths, said: 'Both this investigation and previous reports have found a number of failings in how the Trust should have responded to the incidents and then in their response to concerns about how failings were accepted and followed up.
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