Doctors have removed at least seven nails from the body of a Sri Lankan housemaid, who alleged that her Saudi employer inserted them into her body, a local media report said today.
A team of doctors at Kurunegala teaching hospital in northwestern province on Thursday operated on the 35-year-old Rohini Rajapksha to remove nails inserted in one of her hands and a leg.
She had told the hospital authorities that she went to Saudi Arabia to work as a house maid in December last year and returned to the country last week, Lankadeepa newspaper reported.
Two nails, about 8cm-10cm long, removed from her hand and five from the leg, the newspaper reported.
A few Sri Lankan housemaids who went to Middle East claimed recently that nails were inserted in their bodies by their landlords prompting the New York-based Human Rights Watch to urge middle eastern states to protect migrant workers' rights earlier.
The series of allegations sparked after a Sri Lankan housemaid complained that her land lord drove 24 nails into her body in August last year. Later at least two other cases were reported on nailing housemaids.
{{/usCountry}}The series of allegations sparked after a Sri Lankan housemaid complained that her land lord drove 24 nails into her body in August last year. Later at least two other cases were reported on nailing housemaids.
{{/usCountry}}About 1.8 million Sri Lankans are employed abroad, of whom 70% are women. Most work as housemaids in the Middle East.