The ordeal of parents whose three-year-old son was run over by a four-wheeler has brought to the fore the apathy of some of the city's medical institutions. The Malad family knocked on the doors of three hospitals, but all of them allegedly refused to treat the child with a fractured rib, only because his CT scan report mentioned 'COVID-19 suspected'. He was finally given treatment at a private hospital in Vile Parle, and discharged on Monday evening.

The incident took place in Malvani, Malad, on Friday evening when Ammar Manihar was playing on the road outside his house. The car ran over him as he bent down to pick something up. The driver, on realising that he had hit the child, stopped and offered the family to help take him to the hospital.