Man plays doctor with kitchen knife<\/p>\n
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dozens of people in the provincial
\ncity of Makassar have allegedly been healed by a self-proclaimed
\ndoctor, who uses an ordinary kitchen knife to cut open his
\npatients and remove tumors, kidney stones, other organs and
\nforeign bodies.<\/p>\n
Healer Damianus Wera uses no anesthesia, his operations leave
\nno scars, and patients need no bed rest for postoperative
\nrecovery. His operations take only four to five minutes.<\/p>\n
Damianus said his only tools were a cutter or a kitchen knife,
\npincers for the extraction, cotton to swab the blood, and
\nbandages to close the wound.<\/p>\n
He claimed that none of his patients had returned with the
\nsame ailment.<\/p>\n
\"I didn't feel any pain while my chest was being cut open. In
\nfact, I thought Pak Damianus hadn't even operated on me,\" said
\nIdrus Abustam, who suffered from a heart problem.<\/p>\n
Damianus is also reportedly skilled in extracting small items
\nlike nails from patients who believe they have been voodooed.<\/p>\n
Similar practices have been reported elsewhere throughout the
\ncountry, but most have turned out to be hoaxes.<\/p>\n
These charlatans do not cut open their patients. Instead, the
\nquack healer palms a piece of chicken liver to produce the effect
\nof blood and use the liver or other innards in a sleight-of-hand
\nto make it look as though something has been removed from the
\npatient's body.<\/p>\n
With no real operation having taken place, the patient does
\nnot feel any pain, complains of no scars, and can walk home
\nimmediately afterwards. -- JP<\/p>",
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