Posted on 07/04/2014 5:33:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Saudi doctors saved the life of a four-year-old local girl after she swallowed a battery which settled inside her esophagus, a newspaper said on Friday.
Her parents had rushed the girl to the hospital in the southern Khamis Mushait town after noticing her face went pale and she was having breathing difficulty.
X-ray images showed a little battery had settled inside the girl’s esophagus, prompting doctors to perform an urgent operation to the remove the object, according to the Saudi Arabic language daily Sada.
Saudi teen girl slashes veins to resist marriage
A 17-year-old Saudi girl slashed her wrist veins in a suicide bid after her mother tried to force her to marry, a newspaper reported on Friday.
The girl had fled her divorced mother’s house in the capital Riyadh and resorted to the government social protection centre, where she stayed for several weeks.
“Officials at the centre later told her she had to return home but she refused…when they tried to press her, she slashed her veins,” Sabq daily said.
“The girl was rushed to hospital where she was saved…she told police that she tried to end her life because she does not want to marry the man chosen by her mother.”
Children swallow things all the time, even in the USA.
However, here, young girls don’t often slash their wrists to avoid marrying someone they don’t like.
But...all cultures are equal so who am I to judge?/s
The 4 year LD swallowed the battery because she knew at 6 she’d be marrying an 86 year old pedophile.
The 4 year LD swallowed the battery because she knew at 6 she’d be marrying an 86 year old pedophile.
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