Airline pilot refuses to fly critically ill child

Mangalore: Inhuman treatment by pilot of a private airline forced Ramlath, a Kasargod based housewife to take her seriously ill child for further treatment to NIMHANS, Bangalore in an ICU ambulance by road here on Sunday.
Doctors at a private hospital where Abdul Hadi, the 1-1/2 year-old-child of Ramlath and Ibrahim, was admitted with high fever had suggested that the child be immediately shifted to NIMHANS as the child's condition was critical.
Ziauddin Ahmed of Hidaya Foundation, Mangalore which was liaisoning with the family and the airliner to shift Abdul Hadi to Bangalore told TOI that the pilot of Bangalore-bound Kingfisher flight refused to accommodate the child with the oxygen cylinder on board the flight citing the airlines rules. "The parent (Ramlath) through me had obtained necessary permission from Kingfisher authorities and produced medical certificates," he noted.
Ziauddin said although the airline authorities had agreed to allow the ailing baby to travel as per the doctor's request, the pilot stood his ground.
12/02/12 Times of India

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