A man used his leg as a makeshift chair for his mother to sit in a hospital in eastern China.

Heartwarming video filmed in the city of Huzhou in Zhejiang Province on July 21 shows a man squatting down and his mother sitting on one of his legs while she was measuring her blood pressure in a hospital.

The man's elder sister Ms Ji told Zhejiang Television that the seats were all occupied by patients in the hospital and even the chair at the blood pressure checking point was taken away, so her younger brother turned himself into a chair to let his mother sit down.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

7月21日，浙江湖州，一男子在医院内用腿当板凳让母亲坐下，并搀扶母亲测血压。据当事人姐姐季女士称，当日医院内人很多，座位已满，原本血压仪前的椅子也被人拿走去坐了。看到弟弟让母亲坐腿上检查时，心里面觉得很有感触，想到了小时候自己坐妈妈腿上。季女士表示，小时候父母都是细心照顾孩子，长大后孩子也要给父母依靠的肩膀。（视频由浙江台提供）