Child dies on father's shoulder after denied treatment in Indian hospital

An ailing 12-year-old child in India’s Uttar Pradesh state died on his father’s shoulders after the government-run Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital (LLR) allegedly denied admitting him, reported India Today.

The doctors asked the father, Sunil Kumar, to take the child named Ansh to children’s hospital which is 250 meters away from LLR.

Adding to the misery, the hospital staff also did not provide any stretcher or ambulance to Sunil on which he could carry his son to other hospital.

Kumar then hurried off to the hospital while carrying his son on his shoulders.The child was pronounced dead by the doctors at children’s hospital.