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The couple with their four children live in a single room in a slum in Begumpet

Denied wheelchair, patient takes son's toy cycle to reach hospital ward 00:24

: Inhuman ward boys at the State-run Gandhi general hospital in Hyderabad made an ailing man take the help of his eight-years-oldto reach the ward for treatment, by denying him a, which is the right of any person coming for treatment.The shameful incident that took placeevening shocked not only the public but also the hospital authorities, when the video footage went viralSarikonda Raju, 45, a small time painting worker, suffered an electric shock onwhen he came in contact with a hanging live wire and suffered burn injuries in his head, left hand and partly paralysed two legs. He has been undergoing plastic surgery treatment at Gandhi hospital. He has to visit the doctor every week for the treatment. The ward is on the first floor of the nine-storeyed building."Every time I come, the boys demand Rs 50 to Rs 100 to take me to the ward from the block entrance. Many times I managed to pay them. But, it has become a huge burden on me. If I am capable of paying them, I would have gone to a private hospital," quipped Raju, talking to Mirror. Twice he took his first son Pavan Kumar's child cycle (or toy cycle) to use on the hospital premises.With that kind of partial disability, he still works whenever he gets calls from his old customers. It is his wife Santoshi who is the breadwinner for the family with Rs 1500 she earns working as a maid in a house nearby.The couple with their four children live in a single room in a slum in Begumpet. With husband in vegetative state and small kids, Santoshi doesn't have a ration card or even Aadhar card for identification purposes. And, she has to avail a day's break to escort him to the hospital.Hospital resident medical officer (RMO) R Seshadri told Mirror, "This is a very disturbing incident that can bring disrepute to us. We have ordered an enquiry. The report is expected. The boy responsible for it will be removed from service."Hospital Superintendent BSV Manjula said, "We did not receive any formal complaint from the victim before or after the incident. We have taken it up suo motu and constituted a three-member enquiry committee. We are expecting report in a day or two. We will take action based on the report."Gandhi hospital gets 3,000 outpatients every day and the officials claim they have sufficient number of stretchers and wheel chairs.