Woman Leaves Hospital, Finds Out She Died

After a trip to the hospital, a Virginia woman received some shocking news in the mail that she was dead.

Marilyn Mullins, 62, said she was shocked when she received a note from a chaplain at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital that said she had died.

"In the weeks since Mrs. Mullins death, we at Martha Jefferson have remembered her and your family. May you continue to find comfort in one another's presence. May the sharing of warm memories strengthen your most treasured ties to her, and it was signed by the chaplain of Martha Jefferson hospital,” Mullins said reading from the letter she received.

"I said well, you know, I said I’m not really here. I'm just hanging around to see what everybody's going to say about me after I’ve died."

A hospital chaplain called Mullins with an apology and explained that a technical error caused the mistake. The hospital said a secretary accidentally checked the box for deceased patient instead of checking discharge to home.

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