'Stillborn baby' found alive in morgue coffin

According to the parents of the girl, who was born three months premature, they discovered their child was still breathing after she was transported to a local morgue.

The girl's mother, Analia Bouter, said she never got a chance to look at her baby after the birth because she was sedated by the hospital in Chaco, northern Argentina .

"At the time of birth I don't remember much because I was put to sleep," she said.

"Rather, they never showed me the baby."

Born at 10.24am, the baby was taken directly to the morgue after the hospital allegedly declared the child dead.

Bouter and her husband, Fabian Veron, later went to the morgue and said they pried open the tiny coffin to bid farewell to their little girl.

"The baby was there and they put the little casket on a stretcher. We looked for a bar to pry it open. The casket was nailed shut," Veron said.

"I started to pry, took a deep breath, and took the top off. My wife was the first one to look at the body and she uncovered it slowly.

"She saw the little hand and then uncovered the face. That's when it let the first little cry out.

"My wife jumped back, like saying, 'This must be my imagination.'"

The baby girl, born a week ago, was reported to be in stable condition yesterday.

The parents had originally planned on naming the girl Liliana Abigail, but have since changed her name to Luz Milagros - which means Miracle's Light.

"I went back to look again and she was moving. So I started to uncover the face and it was like she was just getting up, waking up,"  Veron said.

"And that's when the lady from the morgue grabbed her and brought her."

Little Luz Milagros is the couple's fifth child. Provincial health officials have confirmed they are investigating the incident.