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Chen Yifei

Doctors have successfully removed all 12 needles deliberately inserted into the body of an 11-month-old girl, who was rushed to Beijing last week after a Shandong hospital was unable to undertake the risky operation.
Doctors at Beijing Children’s Hospital said on Tuesday the main difficulty with Fan Zixuan’s operation was trying to locate all of the needles – including ten hypodermic needles and two sewing needles – inside her body.
Three of the needles were found in Zixuan’s chest, one of which was very close to her heart. One was discovered in her abdomen while the rest were concentrated around one of her hips.
The hospital said it hoped the infant could be discharged within a week.
Police at Gaotang county in Shandong province have identified an aunt of Zixuan as the main suspect. The woman committed suicide by drinking pesticide at her home in Gaotang after the incident came to light.
The aunt was reported to have asked before she committed suicide if fingerprints could be left when needles were removed.
But Zixuan’s mother said she did not believe the aunt would hurt her child, the Fazhi Wanbao newspaper reported.
The girl was transferred to the capital via high-speed train last Wednesday from the eastern city of Jinan, after doctors at the Qilu Hospital of Shandong University assessed her condition as serious, but were unable to give her further treatment. Earlier X-rays showed she had 12 needles inside her body – just a month after four needles had been found inserted into her.
The girl’s parents took her to hospital when they noticed their daughter had been irritable for days and had detected a red mark on her bottom.
A number of similar child abuse cases involving steel pins or needles have been reported in the Chinese media in recent years.
In August, a three-year-old girl from Jiangxi province was taken to hospital after her grandmother found bruises all over her body and her belly had swollen. A medical examination showed her intestines had been pierced by a 6cm-long needle.


Beijing hospital successfully removes 12 needles from infant girl

Fan Zixuan's mother said she did not believe the girl's aunt, who was named as the main suspect by police, would hurt Zixuan. 

Chinese baby girl has 12 sewing needles deliberately inserted into her body

X-ray showing needles inside the 11-month-old girl's body. 

The girl's mother said she did not know who could have injured her daughter. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Baby girl to have specialist surgery to remove three sewing needles from near her heart 

A X-ray show some of the needles in the baby girl's body.

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Doctors have successfully removed all 12 needles deliberately inserted into the body of an 11-month-old girl, who was rushed to a Beijing hospital last week after a Shandong hospital was unable to undertake the risky operation.
