Pakistan: Police hunt for 'healer' who hit nail into woman's head

[muriel_volestrangler]

A manhunt is under way in Pakistan for a faith healer who allegedly hammered a nail into a pregnant woman's head.

The woman arrived at a hospital in Peshawar after trying to extract the 5cm (two-inch) nail with pliers.

Initially, she told doctors that she had carried out the act herself, but later admitted a faith healer who had claimed he could guarantee she gave birth to a baby boy was responsible.
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Mr Ahsan also said that his officers will be examining why the staff failed to report the incident to police when the woman first presented at the hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60318874

"She said that a woman in her locality did the same [hammered a nail] and gave birth to a boy even though the ultrasound had shown her unborn child to be a girl," the doctor said.

However, the doctor was not clear on whether a peer had hammered the nail into her skull or if she did it to herself.

Dr Suleman said that the nail had penetrated deep within the victim's skull. "The family said that she was at home and became unconscious," he said, noting that attempts were also made to remove the nail from the patient's head at her home.
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Hospital staff told Dawn.com that according to their investigation, the victim was a mother to three daughters. Her husband had allegedly threatened to leave her if she gave birth to a fourth girl.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1674010/police-searching-for-faith-healer-after-nail-hammered-into-peshawar-womans-head