Infant branded with hot iron

  • | Tuesday | 10th April, 2018

His condition is better, said doctors here. Superstition related to branding of children to cure them of common ailments by 'bhopas' continue in tribal dominated areas, one such incident has been reported from Aasoda village under Ganoda police station of Banswara district on Sunday evening.A one-yearold kid was branded with a hot iron rod by a bhopa when his parents took him to get treated for epilepsy.The boy was taken to the community health centre after his health deteriorated who was later referred and admitted in Udaipur civil hospital late night on Sunday.

Superstition related to branding of children to cure them of common ailments by 'bhopas' continue in tribal dominated areas, one such incident has been reported from Aasoda village under Ganoda police station of Banswara district on Sunday evening.A one-yearold kid was branded with a hot iron rod by a bhopa when his parents took him to get treated for epilepsy.The boy was taken to the community health centre after his health deteriorated who was later referred and admitted in Udaipur civil hospital late night on Sunday. His condition is better, said doctors here.

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