wonder if Sharad got any help in Bangalore after completing his masters in psychiatry from NIMHANS. i remember him writing here with some such issue as well after finishing his MBBS to begin with , no less. any idea what happened there?
On 9/26/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > Superb test case. If Suresh wants to be a doctor then I hope he gets good > legal help and has plenty of patience and nerve. When we worked on Kritika's > case for mainstream physiotherapy we did quite a lot of research on the > medical profession. > The battle is long and very hard. I do feel it is winnable -if not now then > in a few years. > Kanchan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > George Abraham via Ai > Sent: 26 September 2017 17:44 > To: 'Share, empower &Enrich' > Cc: George Abraham > Subject: Re: [Ai] Jeevan Prakash Sharma reports: Blind student’s suicide > threat: MCI asks Karnataka college to provide counselling > > There are blind doctors working as Psychiatrists in the US. There are blind > doctors working in the Indian system too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > avinash shahi via Ai > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:10 PM > To: ai > Cc: avinash shahi > Subject: [Ai] Jeevan Prakash Sharma reports: Blind student’s suicide threat: > MCI asks Karnataka college to provide counselling > > Dont' we have blind doctors in any of the western countries? any info? > anyone? > http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/blind-student-s-suicide-threat-mci-asks-karnataka-college-to-provide-counselling/story-yliQkaGBCxLvdrOSAGywEL.html > The country’s medical education regulator has asked a Karnataka college to > provide counselling to a second year MBBS student who has threatened suicide > after his admission was cancelled because of a severe visual disability. > > The Medical Council of India (MCI) was examining if Suresh could be cured > though on face of it, the condition seemed incurable, an official told > Hindustan Times on Monday. > > “If so, then there is no way we can allow the student to continue MBBS > because our norms are very clear as far as physical disability is > concerned,” the official said. > > As reported by Hindustan Times, 19-year-old Suresh, who hails from Raichur > in Karnataka, can’t see beyond 8cm. > > He threatened suicide after the MCI found his condition too severe for an > aspiring doctor and cancelled his admission to the Raichur Institute of > Medical Sciences. > > He was given admission against seats set aside for disabled students. > > In its letter, a copy of which is with Hindustan Times, the MCI has asked > the college and Raichur district magistrate to handle the case sensitively. > > The cancellation order came on June 26, 2017 after Suresh had completed the > first of the five years of the medical programme. > > MCI rules say the only disability allowed in medical colleges is of the > lower limbs, and a candidate has to fall under the 50%-70% severity to be > eligible for a reserved seat. Someone with more severe condition is not > eligible for admission. > > Parliament in December 2016 passed a bill providing 5% reservation without > exception to the disabled in all educational institutes. > Suresh can’t benefit > from the law as it came into force in April 2017, almost a year after he > joined the college. > > “…we want this matter to be settled early so that he does not waste more > time on a career option that is practically not possible for him to pursue,” > the MCI official said. > > Suresh wrote a “Notice of Death” to the MCI on August 28, detailing his > struggle to get into a medical college. > > The Kalaburagi bench of Karnataka high court, where Suresh challenged the > cancellation, has allowed him to continue the course till its final > decision, expected in February 2018. > > The court had earlier allowed him to sit his first year examination. > > When contacted, Suresh said he was determined to fulfil his childhood dream > of being a doctor. > article end > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > Disclaimer: > 1. 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