MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAM AS AN ACCIDENTAL WITNESS TO THE RITUAL OF EXORCISM PERFORMED ON A PREGNANT MUSLIM WOMAN

Keywords: exorcism, emergency medical team, pregnancy, Islamic

Abstract


We present a religious ritual of exorcism performed by a Muslim priest of a pregnant woman of the Islamic faith in the third month of pregnancy with body twitches and abdominal pain, in which emergency medical services (EMS) team was an accidental witness.

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Published
2023/12/20
Section
Case report