Denied ambulance, UP man forced to carry son's body
Etawah: A labourer was forced to carry the body of his 15-year-old son over his shoulder after he was allegedly denied help by doctors at a government hospital.
The incident brought back memories of Odisha's Dana Majhi, who carried his dead wife on his back last year when he was allegedly denied a hearse by a hospital.
In a video which went viral on social and electronic media, 45-year-old Udayveer alleged that doctors at the Etawah government hospital did not treat his son Pushpendra and turned him away.
"My son just had a pain in his legs. The doctors spared only a few minutes to see my child and said take him away, there is no life in the boy," a weeping Udayveer told reporters here.
He alleged that the doctors did not offer the services of a hearse or an ambulance, which are meant to be provided free of charge.
"No one told me that I was entitled to an ambulance to take my son's body back," the grieving father said.
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