'Drowned' toddler revives after 40 minutes

A TODDLER fell into a pool and started breathing again 40 minutes after she was declared dead, doctors in Orange, California, said.

It was unclear whether 22-month-old Mackayala Jespersen could see or hear and she probably suffered severe brain injury.

Dr Troy McGuire, who is treating the child, said: “The fact that Mackayala is still alive defies medical logic.”