Court orders DU med colleges to admit 4 disabled aspirants Times of India
Aug 29, 2018, NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked University College of Medical Science (UCMS) and Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) under Delhi University to allow Mahesh Kumar, battling ‘haemophilia A’, and three others pursue MBBS under the disability quota. TOI, on August 9, reported how Kumar was told on the first day of his class that his admission had been cancelled as he “was found to be ineligible by the medical board of MAMC for admission under the ‘persons with disability’ category”. Kumar had to face the ordeal despite Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, one of the four designated certification centres for admissions to medical/dental courses under the all-India quota, certifying him as “suffering from severe haemophilia A” and with 40-50% disability. He also submitted a certificate issued by Army Hosiptal R&R Delhi Cantt, which marked his disability at 70% and cited him as a case of ‘haemophilia A’ (severe) with inhibitor (substance that reduces activity of another substance such as an enzyme) and arthropathy (inflammation of one or more joints). According to the new Medical Council of India (MCI) guidelines adopted by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the eligibility mark for blood disorder is more than 40% disability and the priority is to be given to candidates with 61-80% disability. 9/1/2018 Court allows youth with blood disorder, 3 others to pursue MBBS The other three students are suffering from hearing impairment and dyslexia, and the MCI guideline earlier deemed them ineligible. However, the Union health ministry quashed the guideline last week, making them eligible. According to Kumar’s father, Bhoop Singh Gurjar, a havildar with Indian Army, “MCI stated that the four students should be given admissions under the disability quota. The court, thereafter, ordered for the admission.” While Kumar and another student will be admitted into MAMC, the others will go to UCMS. “I hope no disabled students are harassed in future,” said Gurjar. “Apart from waste of time and money, we had a harrowing time.” Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
