A pregnant Pakistani woman had a nail hammered into her head allegedly by a faith healer who said it would guarantee she gives birth to a baby boy
A pregnant Pakistani woman have had a nail hammered into her head by a faith healer who said it would guarantee she gave birth to a boy.
An X-ray showed the five-centimetre nail had pierced the top of the woman's forehead but missed her brain.Exploitative faith healers are common across Pakistan despite the disapproval of schools of Islam.The mother of three daughters said she was pregnant with another girl, the doctor added.said that her husband had allegedly threatened to leave her if she gave birth to a fourth girl.
The woman arrived at a hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar after trying to extract the nail herself with pliers, the doctor said.One-third of all women experience sexual or physical violenceThe woman initially told hospital staff she had hammered the nail into her head herself on the advice of the faith healer, before later saying he had carried out the act.
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