The role and responsibility of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) is to protect and uphold the rights of disabled people in India. Which is why its affidavit to the Delhi High Court that patients' safety and care must be kept in mind while deciding the criteria for admission of disabled people in medical courses has been met with dismay and outrage.
The MosJE affidavit was in response to a petition filed by Dr Satendra Singh of Doctors with Disabilities challenging the notification issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) barring people with 80% disability from studying MBBS. This includes people with over 80% locomotor disability, one hand amputees, with Dysgraphia (difficulty in writing), blood disorders of over 80%, to name a few. Read in detail https://newzhook.com/story/21903 Thanks & Regards Ramya Venkitesh |Head New Initiatives Newz Hook <http://www.newzhook.com/> Newz Hook is now on WhatsApp <https://newzhook.com/whatsapp> 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..
