Police are trying to find a "religion healer" in Pakistan who hammered a two-inch nail right into a pregnant girl's head after he stated he might assure her youngster could be a boy.
Police Chief Abbas Ahsan turned conscious of the incident on Tuesday after photos of the girl's x-ray went viral on social media, in accordance with a tweet from Peshawar Police.
"We are going to quickly lay our arms on the sorcerer," Ahsan advised AFP.
For a lot of South Asian nations, having a son is most popular to having a daughter. An article revealed within the Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences discovered that almost all of respondents, ladies residing in Peshawar, stated they most popular to have a son over a daughter and about 18 % of respondents didn't need to have any daughters.
Haider Suleman, the resident neurosurgeon on the hospital advised the newspaper that the girl was aware however in extreme ache and bleeding. The girl arrived at Woman Studying Hospital after trying to take away the nail at house utilizing pliers, the native newspaper Daybreak reported.
"The household stated that she was at house and have become unconscious," Suleman advised the newspaper.
He additionally stated her members of the family tried to take away the nail at house however have been unable to, however medical doctors efficiently eliminated the nail – which missed her mind – from her cranium throughout an operation.
The girl advised Suleman that a girl she knew additionally hammered a nail into her head and gave beginning to a boy, though the ultrasound confirmed a lady, Daybreak reported.
Police try to find the girl who checked herself out of the hospital just a few days after the operation in hopes she might assist them find the healer. They're using CCTV footage and pc entry information to determine the sufferer.
"The group may even examine why [the] incident was not reported to [the] police by the treating physician," Ahsan stated in a tweet.
The hospital advised Daybreak that the girl was three months pregnant and was a mom to 3 daughters. The hospital stated the girl's husband threatened to depart her if the fourth child was a lady.
Out of worry, the girl met with the religion healer in an try to ensure she would give beginning to a boy.
Many ladies nervous about having a son usually search assist from "religion healers" who can assure the kid will likely be a boy. In Pakistan, these healers are referred to as pirs and are comparatively frequent in a lot of rural Pakistan.
The recognition of utilizing various medication in these elements of Pakistan is basically on account of the truth that dependable clinics are exhausting to come back by.
"She is three months pregnant and due to her husband's worry she went to the religion healer who gave her taweez, issues to recite and the nail," hospital employees advised the newspaper.
The girl initially advised employees that she hammered the nail into her head herself whereas at house, however AFP reported that she later admitted to hospital employees that it was the religion healer.
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