BAREILLY: Reeling from fever for two days and turned down by two city hospitals over demonetised notes, a seven-year-old boy succumbed to his life on Thursday afternoon. In tears, the boy’s father who works as a mechanic in Shahjahanpur said his son’s treatment was delayed as he only had the proscribed notes with him and both hospitals refused to accept them.According to sources, Mohammed Azhar, the boy, was suffering from what was suspected to be viral fever. He was taken to a primary health centre in Shahjahanpur and later referred to a city hospital when his condition deteriorated. Family members first took him a city hospital which refused to admit him over banned notes. The boy was then rushed to another facility which also refused to start treatment unless the medical cost was paid in legal tender.“Even the chemist refused to accept the notes, forcing us to watch out son die in front of our eyes,” said Shahnawaz Alam, the boy’s father. He is survived by his parents and three other siblings.Alam, who lives in a rented house in Khudaganj area of Shahjahanpur, said he deposited an advance of Rs 2,000 in Rs 100 notes at the second hospital. He was left with only some demonetised notes and was later asked to deposit the remaining amount by hospital authorities. Unable to do so, Alam ran from pillar to post but failed to gather the requisite money and lost his son.The incident took place even as there have been clear guidelines from the government that old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes can be deposited in hospitals.