Disability certificates to be issued from 72 district, govt hospitals - Times of India
Sep 26, 2018, 12.36 AM IST Printed from PUNE: People with disabilities across the state will get disability certificates from not only government hospitals but also from the district and subdistrict health hubs from October 2. Besides, they will be issued Aadhaar-linked ID cards from the facilities as announced by the Union government. Around 72 government hospitals across the state at the district and taluka levels will be authorized to issue the certificates. The disabled people need these assessment certificates for availing of various government benefits. A government resolution (GR) issued by the health department on September 14 stated that as suggested by the state disability commissionerate, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016, will be implemented in Maharashtra with all its provisions. The bill The bill provides reservation in education and employment to people with 21 disabilities, including two new added features - learning disabilities and blood-related disorders. Till now, the disability certificates were issued only at the district level. The authorities have now extended it to the general and sub-district hospitals. The GR advocates a medical board at each of these hospitals, with the head of the institution as its president and members from various specialities of medicines. The GR states that in the absence of the specialists, the members can be appointed on a contract basis. At the district and general hospitals, the civil surgeons of head the medical board. At the sub-district and rural hospital level, the medical superintendent will head the board and will also be the disability certificate issuing authority. At the main general civil government hospitals, the college dean will head the board and the medical superintendent will be member secretary "Commissioner (disability) Ruchesh Jaivanshi has been pushing for decentralizing the assessment process to make it easy for the disabled people to reach taluka-level hospitals and get the certificates," deputy commissioner (disability) Nitin Dhage said. "Most disabled persons had to travel from distant talukas to reach the government hospitals. They will be relieved now as they can get the certificates at the local level," Dhage said. Rafiq Khan, an activist from Prahar who has been raising concerns over the "poor implementation" of the 3% reservation for jobs for the disabled persons, welcomed the government's move. "Job reservation was on paper, but it was not being implemented properly," he said. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
