All the points mentioned by Kanchan are well taken. However:
1. This appears to be the case of doctor sitting in final judgment over what a progressively blind person can and can not do in a bank, or what are the capabilities of totally blind person... 2. This trend of doctors finally deciding about implications of a disability in a given context is on the rise as is being witnessed in another railway case... 3. This results from a confusion between: being fit for a job and being medically fit. Former point in relation to visually impaired is being decided periodically by exercise of job identification and whole recruitment process takes place accordingly... The later point of medical fitness generally minus visual impairment is what doctor is supposed to give her/his opinion on... 4. It is well established that once a person with disability is duly certified as disabled by a competent medical board, the recruitment agencies are not to have him/her re-examined for the same disability... 5. regarding this particular case, it is a well-known medical fact that all RP cases are progressive and fluctuating in nature. So, the contention of SBI falls flat and we should be able by all means to make them perceive reason... 6. In the current exercise also, they have appointed a number of persons with RP, as well as totally blind persons all over the India, so the present arbitrary discrimination is utterly uncalled for and we must bring this to their notice without naming the present appointees... 7. Of course, the abilities and various works a blind person can do should always be emphasized and capabilities continuously acquired.... 8. Last but not least, the trend of increasing medicalization of implications of disability in various contexts by unduly empowering doctors has to be arrested at any cost... Rajesh -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Pamnani Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:06 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Need information about VH employees in SBI 1. Please do not mention about the person who was demoted after disability. thats the worst example you can give and it spoils the entire case. 2. You need to have a list of officers in all Banks and not necessarily SBI. 3. Is this person competent that means does he know JAWS,mobility,braille 4. Did he check what work he can do before going for the meeting in Bangalore? 5. I had explained to you that when we go for interviews we have to be proactive. It is for us to steer the interviewer from our disability to our ability. Kanchan Pamnani Advocate & Solicitor 9, Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vamshi. G" <gvamsh...@gmail.com> To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Need information about VH employees in SBI > Hi friends > > A small clarification needed from any of our learned friends. > When we talk about VH persons in SBI, do we need to make sure that the > person should be disabled at the time of appointment? > I have an example in Tirupati, where a person has joined as a normal > employee and as he suffered age related macular degeneration, got > appointed as a telephone operator. > Can we present these kinds of cases before the management? > I hope someone like Rajesh sir would clarify this issue. > I also request Rajesh sir to add any more specifications to my earlier > mail, if needed. > Once again friends, please write to my personal mail ID and not on the > list about the information needed. > I don't want to see Harish sir warning someone in this regard. > > -- > Vamshi. G > Landline: 0877-2243861 > Mobile: 09949349497 > E-mail ID: > gvamsh...@gmail.com > Skype: gvamshi81 > > > > On 2/3/09, Vamshi. G <gvamsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Friends >> >> I am very sorry to bring to your notice the following case. >> A person with RP has been denied a job in SBI under the VH category on >> the ground that he has a progressive eye disease. >> This happened in Karnataka and now he is waiting for the final report >> to be given by a doctor who still thinks that completely blind persons >> are not given jobs in banking sector, especially in SBI. >> Being a VH person with RP, I am ashamed to present this before you as >> I got the same job he has applied for at the same time and was >> appointed and have already drawn my first salary. >> See the discrimination within the same organisation between two >> adjacent states in India, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. >> Now, what I want from you is the details about VH persons with 100% >> disability working in SBI. >> Names, post, place of working and preferably the branch phone number. >> I am not talking about persons who have got jobs this time along with >> me as I am advised by some of our learned access Indian friends not to >> mention our names in this regard to avoid further complications. >> I want details of those persons who have completed their probation >> period and are working as permenant employees of SBI. >> We have to do it as quickly as we can. >> Don't send them to the list. >> Please send them to my personal mail ID. >> gvamsh...@gmail.com >> Once again, I feel very sorry to have written a mail like this to a >> list where we have persons like Harish sir and Rajesh sir and lot >> others who have proved themselves in the banking sector. >> Awaiting replies. >> >> Vamshi. 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