Russian doctors find needle in 80-year-old woman's brain

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 06, 2023 12:06 am

MOSCOW: An elderly woman in Russia's Far East was revealed on Wednesday to have lived for 80 years with an inch-long needle in her brain, after doctors made the unexpected discovery during a computerized tomography (CT) scan.

Doctors believe the woman was the victim of a failed infanticide carried out by her parents, and said they would not attempt to remove the needle for fear of worsening her condition.

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