A 9-year-old girl had to hold a bottle of saline being administered to her father for around half an hour as the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Aurangabad was allegedly running short of stands.
A photograph of the girl, holding the bottle while on her toes, had gone viral. "My son ran around for half an hour and then managed to get a stand. All this while my daughter was in discomfort," Eknath Gawali said.
Dr Kanan Yedikar, dean, GMCH, confirmed the incident, but said that it was just for "a few minutes".
"As there was no elder member around, the bottle was handed over to the girl. It was only for a few minutes," he said. Agencies