A shocking video which shows a mother calmly taking her toddler daughter to the hospital with a fruit knife lodged in the child’s head has stunned social media.
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The incident came to light on August 15 when a netizen posted a video showing a mother and her three-year-old daughter walking as if nothing had happened into Dongchuan People’s Hospital in Kunming, Yunnan province, in southwestern China.
According to reports, the girl’s mother, surnamed Hu, was changing bedsheets when she accidentally swung a sheet, causing a nearby fruit knife to fly off and strike her daughter’s head as she played.
However, a member of hospital staff said that the mother admitted to picking up the knife to “scare” her noisy daughter during a tantrum and accidentally struck the girl in the head.
The blade, estimated to be 15 centimetres long, became lodged in the girl’s skull just above her right ear. Part of the knife remained visibly exposed.
Hu tried to remove the knife but failed, and instead of calling an ambulance, she and her daughter went to the hospital.
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A video shows the toddler calmly walking into the hospital with the knife embedded in her head. Her mother holds her hand as a member of hospital staff in a white coat guides them.
