Chinese woman has 26 needles in body

[babylonsister]

Chinese woman has 26 needles in body

Richland International Hospital / Associated Press


Chinese surgeons planned to begin removing 23 needles from Luo, possibly imbedded under her skin by grandparents trying to kill her so that a baby boy might take her place. Relatives suspect her grandfather, who wanted a grandson. Surgery is scheduled for today to remove 6 of the objects.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 11, 2007
BEIJING -- -- Her relatives had always described her as a colicky baby.

When Luo Cuifen was 26, she found out a likely reason why.

Doctors discovered more than two dozen sewing needles embedded in her body, some piercing her vital organs.

X-rays of her head and torso look like a dart board.

Doctors believe the needles were driven into her body when Luo was days old. One in the top of her skull could only have been stuck there when the bones in her head were still soft.

"They wanted her dead," said Qu Rei, a spokesman at Richland International Hospital in Yunnan province, which has agreed to surgically remove the first six of the 26 needles in her body today. "The fact she is still alive is a medical miracle."

Luo does not remember ever being stabbed. Relatives suspect her grandparents. They wanted a grandson instead of a second granddaughter.

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[Deja Q]

1. All these countries that are so cruel to girls and only want boys...

Why can't the chromosome fairy give them all ONLY boys so they can become extinct? Will they stop being so grossly chauvinistic then? Given their existing populations, the men certainly shouldn't be blaming the women for all their problems...

I'm sorry, but women are important and it's disgusting how they are treated as second class entities; right down to "selective abortions".

On edit: Addendum -- flame me all you want.

[shaniqua6392]

2. I agree with you there.

No flaming required. The fact that we deal with the Chinese and never point out their cruelties irks me to no end. I think I would kill myself if I was born in that horrible country.

[Bobbieo]

3. India is another country that practices female infanticide. Their

track record with the abuse of women surpasses China, I think.

[Debau2005]

5. I read recently

in National Geographic, I think, that India is now paying a price for killing their girls. They don't have enough women of marrying age for the men.

I guess they didn't think of that in their grand plan for the future!

[babylonsister]

4. Good post; you'll get no flames from me. nt