26 needles found in woman's body to be removed

[Taleran]

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1c11c184-a7c3-4b7a-a6f9-e0bbaf0c0ab4

BEIJING -- Chinese doctors will try to remove 26 needles found throughout the body of a young woman which they suspect were inserted just after she was born to kill her for not being a boy.

"At the time, we thought my grandparents did it because they wanted a son, but they've already died and we haven't found any clues," the Beijing Morning Post on Friday quoted victim Luo Cuifen as saying.

Luo, a 29-year-old farmer from the province of Yunnan, said at least two needles had been pulled from festering wounds on her abdomen when she was a young child.



okay usually these stories make somewhat sense of reason but this is just........wtf

[Kubisa]

That's sick, how could she grow up not knowing about this?

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lol Haku

[Denji]

Uh, wow. That's so horrible I can't even think of how to respond.

[Moogoogaipan]

umm why didn't she get them removed before. 26 years of having needles in you??

[Jackal]

well at least she has a good story to tell......

[Amaretti]

^^ Since it's china, chances are she hasn't had access to medical care.

[Jackal]

true amaretti

[Lenalee]

Wait, like, inside of her? Under her skin?

Her parents are really sick.

[Tobitard]

How the hell do you even get needles inside you?

[Peccas]

wow, that sucks. wouldnt she at least be itchy with all those needles in her???

[Juubi]

Wow...that's strange.:oh

[Purgatory]

Only in China do you find shit like this. If you want to thank anyone, thank Mao Zedong and the need for more men.

[kimidoll]

It's not only China. :/

In many Asian countries, it seems better to have a boy than a girl to be born, America wasn't that different long ago. But it's not like all of China is pushing needles to every baby girl born. Most of China is pretty poor, and it's difficult to pay the tax for having more than one child for some families.

[Jagon Fox]

how terrible! how could someone even think about doing that to their own child!!

[Jagon Fox]

i can't even imagine how someone could live like that. i mean over two decades of pain.....

[Jagon Fox]

she'll probably end up on ripley's

[Longcat is Long]

i can't even imagine how someone could live like that. i mean over two decades of pain.....

She wasn't suffering..

(The OP forgot to post the second half of the article)

"There are still 26 needles in my body, and they were probably inserted three days after I was born," she said without explaining how she could give a precise day.

Luo said she had never felt the needles and they were only found by X-ray when she went into hospital complaining of blood in her urine.

Some had broken off and are "floating" around her body. Others had pierced her liver, kidneys, lungs and intestine, the report said.

Next week, doctors will operate for free on Luo, who comes from a poor village, fearful that her life may be in danger if they do not act, the newspaper said.

Despite decades of government campaigns to push equality, many Chinese still prefer to have male children and abort female fetuses, which has led to serious gender imbalances in parts of the country.

[Jagon Fox]

well it's caused lots of damage piercing internal organs and all that. i don't see how it could not hurt. i don't think i could live with 28 needles in my body, without feeling pain.

[Taleran]

yeah I forgot to post it lol


no seriously I posted a snippet and the link....but thats still kinda odd 29 years not feeling them ....

[kimidoll]

And they had to have been pushed into her body when she was a child as well, seeing as how if they slit her skin a little to place the needle in, she would probably be dead by now.

I find it amazing how she could survive throughout the pain for almost three decades.

[Nami-swan]

Ouch!! To have needles that you didn't know about puncturing your organs and breaking and "floating" around inside you....:S

[Jagon Fox]

i have to admit though when i first saw the title, i thought it was someone who was really inexperienced horribly botching an acupuncture!:twitch

[♠Mr.Nibbles♠]

So wait they are swimming in her bloodstream all these years and she survives until 29yrs old

[Longcat is Long]

So wait they are swimming in her bloodstream all these years and she survives until 29yrs old

She's still alive.

Also, the article doesn't seem to go into when the needles broke off.

[♠Mr.Nibbles♠]

She's still alive.

Also, the article doesn't seem to go into when the needles broke off.

Seriously just when I thought that the level of human endurance couldn't get no higher

[Cecil]

What the, how could she live with that?!

[Tokoyami]

Damn. She's one tough person.

That must not have been very fun.

[Juanita Tequila]

She reminds me of Haku. :X LOL

[Yakushi Kabuto]

Wow, that is horrible, I hope they succeed in removing all of them. To have lived through that...how does she move without them repeatedly piercing her. Ugh.

[OMG! Dj]

Honestly, Who ever did this is sick in the head. They do not deserve to be on this earth and should rot in hell.

[mitsukohyuuga]

Wow, that's seriously screwed up. No person should have to be subject to something like that.

[pajamas]

Thats so disturbing D:

[Morwain]

Wow.....so....sad....

[chocy]

It is strange how the 26 needles have not caused any pain. Though it is really cruel, it is still rather prevalent in rural areas of some Asian countries like China and India.

[Solid Snake]

How the hell do you even get needles inside you?

One of 4 ways (3 for men), the most decent of which is through the skin.

[Kage]

it's amazing all the things people could live with for years and not even notice to much later in life...*thinks of the man with the broken neck and the women with a crayon in her brain*

[gaara<3]

I can't even imagine doing that to a baby and then letting her live unknown to what is inside of her. I hope & pray her surgery goes well.

[Cloud]

Damn it Haku. :/

[charcoalwing]

holy crap how'd she live with all that in her and not even knowing...??? This story sounds so fictional.

[Jetstorm]

It is always sad to hear about these stories of Chinese girls when they were babies. 26 is just overdoing it.

[Achaia]

Oh my God. People who performs such acts makes me sad. :huh

[Neko]

And they had to have been pushed into her body when she was a child as well, seeing as how if they slit her skin a little to place the needle in, she would probably be dead by now.

I find it amazing how she could survive throughout the pain for almost three decades.

Indeed

A person would most likely have died