(Pakistan) Quake survivor amazes doctors

[DoYouEverWonder]

13 December 2005

Doctors say it is a miracle.

Naqsha Bibi, 40, was recovered alive from the debris of a collapsed house in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on 10 December.

The unexpected rescue came more than two months after the 8 October earthquake destroyed large parts of Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir and northern areas in Pakistan.

Naqsha Bibi, now under hospital treatment, is suffering from muscle stiffness and is so weak that she can barely talk.

She weighs under 35kg - about half the weight of an average woman her size.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4525710.stm

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. All I can say is WOW

[Hatalles]

2. Just over two months!

Amazing.

[greyl]

3. Amazing account, however:

-Was she really trapped for 2 months, or was she a victim of an aftershock collapse?

-The story, thankfully, indicates that there was food and water in the area that she was found.

-I'm wary of any Doctor (this Dr Abdul Hamid) who attributes something to miraculous cause so readily, because it implies something akin to "there's nothing scientific we can learn from this". Dr Hamid said "medical science may struggle to accept it but there are miracles in this world, you know."
I suggest that "medical science may struggle to explain it", is a more fitting attitude for someone who is paid to be a Doctor.