--- title: Indian Woman Carries Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back description: Vimla Singh, of Mathura, India, had to carry her husband to the local disability office several times on her back to get him a wheelchair. canonical: https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-04T16:21:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:51.286Z og:title: Wife Carries Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back After His Leg Was Amputated og:description: The couple travelled 10 miles round trip on numerous occasions og:url: https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wife Carries Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back After His Leg Was Amputated twitter:description: The couple travelled 10 miles round trip on numerous occasions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Wife Forced to Carry Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back After His Leg Was Amputated > Sponsored content. 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After her husband had one of his legs amputated as the result of a medical condition, 34-year-old Vimla Singh, of Mathura, India, had to carry him to the local disability office several times as the couple tried to get the chief medical officer to sign off that he was disabled, she told news agency [ANI](https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/981370715093065729). A disability certification would entitle them to a free wheelchair – something the couple could not afford on their own. > [](https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/981370715093065729) However, the couple was [reportedly](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/mathura-woman-carries-differently-abled-husband-on-shoulders/articleshow/63608013.cms) being made to jump through hoops in order to procure the necessary paperwork. “We have no access to a wheelchair or a tricycle,” Singh told news agency [ANI](https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/981370715093065729). “We went to many different offices but still have not got the certificate.” Thankfully, after a photo of Singh transporting her husband went viral, the Chief Medical Officer finally issued the certificate. “It is a sad incident to happen in a civilized world,” Bhupendra Chaudhary, the state minister of Uttar Pradesh, told ANI. “We will inspect the case and help accordingly.” > [](https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/981446764657078277) > [](https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/981370718481977344) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/"},"headline":"Wife Forced to Carry Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back After His Leg Was Amputated","datePublished":"2018-04-04T16:21:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:51.286Z","description":"The couple travelled 10 miles round trip on numerous occasions","url":"https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","India","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5227593/india-wife-carries-husband-back-wheelchair/","name":"Wife Forced to Carry Husband 10 Miles a Day on Her Back After His Leg Was Amputated"}}]}] ```