2,000 nails removed from woman’s body


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BANGI: An Indonesian surgeon made a case for Islamic therapy to complement modern medicine at hospitals by showing rusty nails pulled out from the body of a female patient, supposedly a victim of sorcery.

Dr Sagiran Sukardi (pic), who was speaking at a forum titled “Jinn (genies) and Sihr (sorcery) in Medicine”, described how his own understanding of medical practice was challenged while treating the woman.

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