Nail pushed into lady’s head to ‘guarantee’ child boy in Pakistan

A so-called religion healer within the Pakistani metropolis of Peshawar is being sought Wednesday by authorities, after advising a pregnant lady to hammer a nail on her brow in order that she might ship a child boy.
Neurologist Haider Suleman, who handled the sufferer at Lady Reading Hospital, stated though the nail had penetrated the lady’s cranium, it had not reached her mind.
“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,” Suleman advised Pakistani information outlet Dawn.
Faith healers are a typical avenue in Pakistan for folks looking for religious options to their issues. Most of those healers are Islamic clerics and different non secular folks.
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 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 stated.
Woman’s husband threatened to depart her
It was unclear if the lady hammered the nail into her personal head or if somebody helped her, however in accordance with Suleman, all of it occurred within the lady’s house. Family members tried unsuccessfully to pry the nail out of her head, the physician stated.
The lady is alleged to have already got had three daughters and was anticipating a fourth when she hammered the nail on her brow.
Hospital employees advised Dawn that the lady stated 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 often most well-liked throughout South Asian nations, together with in Pakistan, as they’re thought to offer mother and father with higher social and financial safety.