Hospital inspired by "Weekend At Bernie's" props up dead patient to "fake alive" after dying during routine surgery

Sometimes life imitates art and in this case, it imitated bad art. An Ohio hospital propped up a dead patient in a "fake alive" pose before she was seen by her family. She had died just two hours earlier during a routine surgery procedure, according to a lawsuit.

The patient, a 65-year-old dead woman, was in "good health" when she waltzed into Adena Health System in Chillicothe for what is normally considered a routine heart catheterization, the Scioto Valley Guardian reported. 

The dead woman's family claimed there were time discrepancies between hospital records and the death certificate listing the time of death.

The medical records listed her death at 1:00 p.m. but the death certificate listed it at 3:05 p.m., when her family was brought into the room and was urged to take her off life support. [At least they didn't wheel her around to various pool parties like what happened to Bernie in the movie.]

The dead woman’s family has claimed discrepancies between hospital records and the death certificate regarding her time of death and is demanding the truth as to what happened leading up to her death and why she had to be propped up to look "fake alive" for her family when she had been declared dead two hours prior to what they tried to make the family believe.

Dr. Jarrod Betz, a cardiologist who has faced previous questions over his credentials performed the surgery. It's likely that he's now in trouble for allegedly faking his credentials, much like a man named Joseph Robinette Biden is faking being President of the United States.

Betz had performed at least three transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures despite not being qualified to perform the specialized operation, the outlet previously reported in May. The not so good doctor allegedly cut into an artery during the procedure but when he thought he had gotten the bleeding under control, the patient was still bleeding in the ICU.

The surgery was taken over by a second cardiologist, Dr. Atiq Reham and sure enough, the patient died under his care, medical records show.

At least 31 people have come forward accusing Betz of faking his credentials, the outlet reported.

An independent autopsy was requested by the family after they found out that Ben Trotter, the Ross County coroner, is an employee of Adena.

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