Keonjhar: A one-year-old girl child was admitted to the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital in a critical condition after she was branded with hot iron to cure stomach ache.
Two weeks back, the girl child of Dulari Patra, a resident of Uttam Singh Haating started suffering from stomach ache. Later, acting as per the advice from neighbours, family members took the baby to a quack who administered the hot iron branding.
When her condition deteriorated, the family members admitted the baby to the Barbil hospital initially and then shifted her to the district hospital.
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