Health Ministry probes 'faith healer' who 'cured' people with hearing impairments

The Ministry of Health has begun investigating the allegations that Dr. Mala Ali Mahmood, an Iraqi-born physician who makes claims to be able to heal people with hearing and vision impairments, "treated" a number of patients in the Maldives.

Aminath Shathufa, senior executive director of the Health Ministry, said that authorities have opened an inquiry to determine the veracity of the rumours. The investigation was initiated after he left the country.