Blinded by Superstition: Family Resorts To ‘Salt Therapy’ To Revive Dead Child At Hospital In Odisha
The dead never return back. In yet another case of blind beliefs and superstitions holding sway over minds of people specially in rural areas, ‘salt therapy’ to revive a dead minor boy in Gandheibindha village of Bhadrak district by burying his body in a pile of salt.
Ironically this superstitious attempt was allegedly made on the premises of the Basudevpur Community Health Center (CHC), where the boy was declared dead.
As per reports, the body of the one and half year old boy was brought to Basudevpur community health centre where doctors declared him brought dead. But his superstitious family desperately resorted to ‘salt therapy’ recommended to them by some relatives. They believed that a person who dies by drowning can be made alive if kept covered in salt for several hours. So, the boy’s body was covered in a heap of salt on the hospital premises without any avail.
On the other hand, hospital authorities however denied any such act having taken place on the campus. doctors said it is impossible to revive a dead person.
