A medical shopkeeper in east India received an unusual patient when an injured monkey came to his shop to get first aid on November 16.

Anajum Ajim, who runs a medical shop in Mallapur, Birbhum district in West Bengal, found a monkey that had climbed off an auto-rickshaw and jumped on his counter, and reportedly "looking in pain."

Ajim commented: "I gave him one pain killer with water, he drunk three glasses of water. After giving him medicine we put some ointment on the monkey's wound on shoulder, leg and neck.

"After taking medicine monkey rested there at table put outside of medical store for an hour. After resting he jumped on an auto [rickshaw] and left."

Monirul Islam, who caught this video on his mobile, commented: "I was there at shop to buy some medicine, it was quite interesting to see a monkey coming for his treatment."