Kin Allege Unscientific Treatment by Acupuncturists in Woman's Death

The family of a 45-year-old widow from Kuttiadi has filed a formal police complaint, alleging that two acupuncturists misled the woman with unscientific treatment and urged her to avoid conventional cancer treatment, which they believe led to her death.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Kozhikode

The deceased, Hajara, a mother of three, had been battling breast cancer in its advanced stages, a condition doctors diagnosed only after her relatives intervened later. She died on Sunday. The tragic incident has again put a spotlight on the unverified alternative therapies and their practitioners persisting in the region.

Hajara, who had been under the care of a female acupuncturist in Kuttiadi and a male practitioner in Tirur for over a year, was reportedly told by the former that the bleeding from her breast was a sign of "recovery" and that she should avoid modern medicine.

The family members have also released a mobile phone conversation between Hajara and the female acupuncturist in which the latter can be heard saying that the worsening pain is a sign of her improving condition.