A poor father carried his sick daughter on his shoulder after hospital staff in south India refused to provide him with a wheelchair.<br /><br />Sintrija, 14, collapsed and lost consciousness while playing in school on January 21 in Sirigere, Karnataka.<br /><br />Her father, Maboosha, rushed her to Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) in Bellary in an ambulance, which dropped them in front of the ICU.<br /><br />There the staff asked him to take his daughter to the cardiology department of the hospital. But they refused to give him a wheelchair saying the rules did not allow him to take it outside their building.<br /><br />Left with no choice Maboosha carried his daughter on his shoulders and started walking.<br /><br />It took him some effort to find the cardiology department and he walked all the way with his daughter over his shoulders.<br /><br />The incident caused an uproar and the angry Health Minister of the state pulled up the hospital officials and asked for an explanation.
