BEIJING: A Chinese baby boy who had been declared dead was saved from being cremated alive when he started crying at a funeral parlor, media reported on Thursday.

The parents of the critically-ill boy, who was less than one month old, had agreed to end his medical treatment at Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital in eastern China, hospital sources told Xinhua state news agency.

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