PGI to issue disability certificate to  Diveyang  MBBS asparaint:HC

To fullfil the dream of Divyang meritorious student Nikita to become a MBBS doctor, Himachal Pradesh High Court  issued order to PGI medical board to issue disability certificate to her.

A division bench of Justice Sabina and Justice Sushil Kukreja of the High Court on December 5 while hearing the case, directed the the director of PGI Chandigarh to assess her disability and submit its report by December 9, on a petition filed by a student who cracked the tough NEET exam.  Now the next date of hearing in the High Court is December 12. Prof. Ajay Srivastava, expert member of Himachal Pradesh State Advisory Board for Disability and President of Umang Foundation, told that the Government Medical College, Chandigarh, which has been authorized by the Medical Council of India to make disability certificate, had earlier given him a certificate of 78 pc disability. Mandi’s Atal Medical University had allotted Tanda Medical College to wheelchair-using Nikita Chowdhary, a resident of Baba Baroh, Kangra.  But the medical college administration, citing its rules, got him medical again and increased his disability from 78% to 90%.As per the rules of the Medical Council of India, students with up to 80% disability are eligible for admission to MBBS. Tanda Medical College dropped him from the race for admission.But wheelchair user Nikita did not give up and filed a petition in the High Court. After hearing the arguments of senior advocate Sanjeev Bhushan, appearing on behalf of students the High Court said on December 5 that two contradictory disability certificates were before it. That’s why his disability certificate should be made from PGI.  Now if PGI certifies his disability to be less than 80%, then he will get a chance to become a doctor after studying MBBS in Tanda Medical College.Pro.  Ajay Srivastava said that in many cases the Supreme Court has given permission to wheelchair users and blind students to get admission in MBBS.  In such a situation, the decision of Tanda Medical College is surprising.  There is a clear provision in the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 that all public places should be barrier-free so that persons with disabilities do not face any difficulty.  This includes medical colleges as well.  In such a case the Tanda Medical College Administration’s refusal to admit him seems unjust, Prof Srivastava added.