The controversy that erupted on account of blood sighted in the grave of deceased singer, Mohbad, indicating he was still bleeding has sparked reactions from medical experts.
The singer’s death has caught the headlines with foul play suspected necessitating the police to launch investigation into it, and following which his body was exhumed for autopsy.
Video of the grave with blood stain has triggered varied rumours with some saying it suggested murder.
Throwing light on the matter, medical experts, including the internet’s favorite doctor, Chinonso Egemba, also known as Aproko Doctor, stated that the discovery of fresh blood in the singer’s casket does not indicate that he was alive at the time of burial.
According to a U.S.-based doctor, Tracey Akins, “blood is a part of the human system and death does not negate that. Blood can stay in the body more than a week after death though livor mortis would have occurred.
“The blood found in Mohbad’s grave could have leaked out of his body after burial through a cut or some other factor, especially because in many cultures, bodies are buried as soon as possible, meaning that the body is not embalmed or preserved, it is returned to nature as is.
“From what I read of Mohbad’s death, he was buried shortly after death, meaning that his body retained all components except breath. So, it is not strange that blood was found in his grave. The time passed is not enough for the body to decompose to the point that blood is absent.”
Aproko Doctor on his part also clarified certain details from a medical angle. He wrote: “Your blood has a red colour because of a compound called haemoglobin. That’s what carries oxygen through your body.
“This dark colour is because the haemoglobin is being changed to another compound called methemoglobin. Normally, when people die, they die with all the blood in their system, but it doesn’t move because circulation has stopped, but it’s still there. Let’s not forget.
“Now, during embalming, this blood is usually replaced with another fluid. The question is, ‘Was he embalmed?’ Even at that, you can’t get all the blood out! Some will still be left.
“We all want to know why it’s still red, right? There is one possible reason, in a closed compartment, there is very little air underground, so it’s possible that the haemoglobin is not exposed enough to change colour to the darker one.”
He however added, “As to why it’s that much, we don’t have access to the body so we don’t know what other injuries were inflicted on his body, we remember his neck was in an unnatural position to fit in the coffin, it is possible that must have broken his vessels to cause some blood still in the system to leak out.”
