Woman with 4-inch nail on head dies in Cotabato hospital

COTABATO CITY - Mystery surrounds the death of what appeared to be an 18-22 year old girl found unconscious along a highway in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on New Year's Day.The girl remained unidentified and her remains waiting for claimants at the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) morgue.Concerned citizens found the woman along a highway in Sultan Kudarat and rushed her to the Cotabato Sanitarium Hospital in Barangay Pinaring. The woman was treated for her head injuries and later moved to the CRMC after an x-ray examinationBut an x-ray results stunned radiology technicians and health workers of the Cotabato Sanitarium for they found a 4-inch nail pierced on her head (as shown in x-ray image). sand//scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/15878697_10211523074420360_1347334522_n.jpg?oh=bb9fd4b9469b4f9a85e46805ac11626aandampoe=586ECF3F On the second day of 2017, the unidentified woman expired. In my 20 years as radiology technician, it is my first time to see a person with 4-inch nail pierced in the head, Dong Malanao said. I might be wrong so I examined it once more, the same results came out, he added.Norma Madag, Cotabato Sanitarium health assistant, said when the girl was brought to the hospital she was unconscious but still alive. She was moaning but unconscious, she said.The Sultan Kudarat PNP said the woman was not a resident of its area of jurisdiction.Police also said the woman was last seen roaming endlessly in Cotabato City.Both police and health providers could hardly believed a woman with a 4-inch nail on her head survived for few hours.Officials of Barangay Simuay said the girl was hit by a speeding vehicle.Health officials of the CRMC could not say as of posting whether or not the girl died due to the nail on her head or due to body injuries after she was hit by a vehicle.Hospital and police authorities are calling for her relatives to claim her remains at the CRMC morgue.