A shocking news hints about Lydia Paillard, 60, who had passed away for 14 hours suddenly woke upto life when the family was about to turn off her life support machine.

Mrs Paillard who stepped in to the clinic of Bordeaux, southwestern France, opted for a chemotherapy session but soon after being subjected to drip and pills, she turned pale blue and slipped in coma and was pronounced "dead".

Sébastien Paillard, one of her three sons at their mother's bedside explained:"We were told that she had passed away, that ... she wouldn't come back."

Sons did not turn off the respiratory support despite the doctors' assurances, and later she was moved to another wing of the hospital.

Later afternoon staff saw signs of life in the lady, soon after 14 hours after being declared dead, Mrs Paillard suddenly woke up. Turning to her incredulous son, Sébastien, she said: "Ah, I feel so good, I had a wonderful sleep."

Yves Noël, the head of the Bordeaux Nord Polyclinic, said, "It's a sort of miracle. It's unheard of. One of the doctors who examined the patient has 25 years experience in casualty and identified all the signs of clinical death. Both doctors (who examined her) conferred with their colleagues."

Meanwhile some suggested that the possible explanation is that Mrs Paillard may have had an epileptic fit and passed out, turning things look like an "appearance of death".

The family will soon be taking legal action against the hospital.