A so-called religion healer within the Pakistani metropolis of Peshawar is being sought Wednesday by authorities, after advising a pregnant girl to hammer a nail on her brow in order that she may ship a child boy.
Neurologist Haider Suleman, who handled the sufferer at Lady Reading Hospital, mentioned though the nail had penetrated the girl’s cranium, it had not reached her mind.
“She mentioned {that a} girl in her locality did the identical [hammered a nail] and gave beginning to a boy regardless that the ultrasound had proven her unborn little one to be a woman,” Suleman informed Pakistani information outlet Dawn.
Faith healers are a standard avenue in Pakistan for individuals searching for religious options to their issues. Most of those healers are Islamic clerics and different spiritual individuals.
The incident got here to the eye of authorities after the sufferer’s x-ray went viral. Police examined the content material to work by way of the case.
“The team will also investigate why [the] incident was not reported to [the] police by the treating doctor,” native police chief Abbas Ahsan mentioned.
Woman’s husband threatened to depart her
It was unclear if the girl hammered the nail into her personal head or if somebody helped her, however in response to Suleman, all of it occurred within the girl’s dwelling. Family members tried unsuccessfully to pry the nail out of her head, the physician mentioned.
The girl is alleged to have already got had three daughters and was anticipating a fourth when she hammered the nail on her brow.
Hospital employees informed Dawn that the girl mentioned her husband was sad together with her as a result of she wouldn’t bear a boy, so he threatened to depart her.
Baby boys are normally most popular throughout South Asian international locations, together with in Pakistan, as they’re thought to offer dad and mom with higher social and financial safety.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
