Man rides horse into hospital

A horse has trotted through a hospital, ridden by a man who wanted to visit his sick father.

Hospital officials at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue, Hawaii, said the man called the hospital this month and said he planned to ride his father's horse into the hospital, Honolulu news network KITV reported.
"He proceeded to take the horse up the elevator up to the nursing floor where he was met by security and our nurse supervisor," a hospital spokesman said.
The man, who appeared intoxicated at the time, posed for pictures with the horse and an off-duty nurse, KITV said.
"We do have a pet visitation policy, but it does not include a horse," said the spokesman. "Although it sounds funny, we don't want to compromise our visitor and our patient health care."
The horse was escorted from the building after the man's father said it wasn't his.
The hospital said it was looking for ways to improve security at the hospital.