I also feel it worth considering. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mohammed Asif Iqbal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [AI] draft guidelines for medical certificate
> Dear Rajesh, > I am currently working on preparing detail project report for E-governance > initiative for department of social welfare, government of West Bengal > along > with three member team. We were hired by department of IT , government of > west Bengal to e-enable the service. One of the service which we are > E-enabling is that issue of PWD identity card. > the point which I am trying to make out is that if you ask them to include > E-enabling of generating this certificate which should be recognized > through > out India. It would be great if this certificate could be issued as > multi-purpose card such as to obtain concenssional railway ticket, air > ticket, etc. This would result in less harassment and much more citizen > centric. > Thanks and regards > Asif > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rajesh Asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:06 AM > Subject: [AI] draft guidelines for medical certificate > > > friends > > As you may be aware, Ministry of social justice and empowerment has > invited > comments on new draft procedure for issuing medical certificates of > disability. I find the procedure unnecessarily complicated, > compartmentalised and cumbursome. It would generate worst confusion and > difficulties in the guise of enabling every one to obtain certificates > easily by simplifying and streamlining the procedure, as claimed by MSJ. > > I wonder who were the stake holders who have suggested such needless > modifications, as MSJ claims to have consulted stake holders. > > However, as it has invited comments from laypersons like you and me before > august 31, I am in the process of drafting them and would appreciate any > suggestions. I would put the comments in the list before forwarding them. > > one thing, I would like to plead here. We have, on our list, a host of > persons related to various NGOs working in the field of blind. whenever > there are such moves of comments by stake holders like recent meets on > amendments in PWD act or consultations on the part of > government/ministries > which sure must include their NGOs, process of identification of jobs > etc., > can they not, put a word on the list so that they may benefit from large > gathering of intellectually sophisticated audience? > > Here is the draft procedure pasted for the reference and comments of all: > > disability certificate.pdf > Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment > Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi > To simplify and streamline the procedure of issue of Disability > Certificates to the Persons with Disabilities, the Government had set up a > Committee, under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary of the > Ministry. The committee after holding a number of meetings and in > consultation with the stakeholders has drafted a revised procedure, > which is being put on the Ministry's website > http://socialjustice.nic.in/disabled/welcome.htm > for seeking comments > of all concerned. > The comments may please be sent latest by 31 > st > August, 2007 to Sh. > Ashish Kumar, Secretary of the Committee and Deputy Director General, > Room No. 610, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001 (Phone & > Fax No. 23383853, E-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Shape > Proposed Procedure for Issue of Disability Certificate > Disability certificates may be classified in two types: > Type I- for obtaining benefits like- employment, admission to higher > educational and > professional institutions, and for judicial determination of compensation > claims. > Type-II- for benefits like- disability pension, unemployment allowance, > poverty > alleviation schemes, income tax exemptions, excise and custom duty > exemptions, > ADIP Scheme, special school admission, travel concessions in Railways, > Buses, > airways, waterways etc. > Certification mechanism for Type-I Certificates: > Present system of Medical Boards will continue. Medical Boards can hire > the > services > of private practitioners, resource centres etc by payment of required fee, > to be > determined by the District Medical Board. > Certification mechanism for Type-II Certificates: > Doctors at Primary Health Centres may be authorized to issue disability > certificate for > disabilities, which are easily discernible to naked eye. This will include > locomotor > disability- amputation or paralysis of limbs and visual disability- > blindness. Ready > reckoner will be developed for use by PHC doctors. > For the cases involving non-visible locomotor disabilities, Cerebral > Palsy, > Leprosy- > Cured, Hearing impairment, Low Vision, Mental retardation, Autism and > Mental > Illness, the certificate may be issued by a specialist doctor of that > specialty with the > assistance of paramedical or rehabilitation personnel/ resource center as > given below: > > table with 4 columns and 7 rows > S. No. > Type of Disability > Expert Doctor* > Assisting paramedic/ rehabilitation professional* > 1. > Locomotor Disability (cases with non-visible disability)/ Cerebral Palsy, > Leprosy-Cured > Orthopedic Surgeon > Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist > 2. > Visual Disability (Low Vision) > Ophthalmologist > Optometrist with required facility > 3. > Hearing Disability > ENT Specialist > Audiologist/ speech pathologist having access to audiometric lab facility/ > resource center > 4. > Mental Retardation/ Autism > Psychiatrist/ > Clinical > Psychologist/ > Psychologist with > training and > experience of 5 > years/Special > Educator with > training and > experience of 5 > years > Psychologist/ Special educator > 5. > Mental Illness > Psychiatrist/ Clinical Psychologist > Psychologist > 6. > Multiple Disability > Board under the chairmanship of CMO with required expert doctors > Concerned paramedical personnel > table end > > * Should be preferably from Government, if readily available. Otherwise, a > private > doctor/ paramedic/ rehabilitation professional as empanelled by the > District > Medical > Board may be utilized for the purpose. > Appellate for the certificate issued > The appeal against any certificate issued may be preferred to an Appellate > Medical > Board, to be constituted in each Government Medical College with required > experts. > Choice of experts for the Board will be made by the Head of the > Institutions. > The appeal can be made only by the person who feels that the certificate > issued to him > has not taken into account relevant factors. In case of children with > disabilities, > appeal can be filed by the natural/ legal guardian. > There will be fee for making appeal before the Appellate Board. 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