---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr.Sudesh Mukhopadhyay <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Feb, 2025, 11:52 Subject: Re: Comprehensive Framework for Service Accessibility - Draft Recommendations To: Amita Dhanda <[email protected]> Cc: Percy Cardozo <[email protected]>, Asha Hans <[email protected]>, Smitha Sadasivan <[email protected]>, Deepa Sonpal <[email protected]>, Ketan Kothari <[email protected]>, Poonam Natarajan <[email protected]>, Nilesh Singit <[email protected]>, Roma Bhagat < [email protected]>, Shashank Pandey <[email protected]>, < [email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Isaac < [email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Ajai Srivastava < [email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Ananthi G Pillai <[email protected]>, Dhruv Maheshwari < [email protected]>, Justin Philips <[email protected]>, < [email protected]>, Smitha Sadasivan <[email protected]>, Radhika Alkazi <[email protected]>, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < [email protected]>, Supreme Court Accessibility Committee NALSAR University of Law <[email protected]>
Yes, these are the concerns. If you see my status paper on Higher education; I have put a table across a few areas like education, Technical, and Medical. The wheelchairs being used by the airlines do have such wheelchairs as discussed above and examination tables in Emergency sections and in different specialist sections and even in Labs have this issue.* U*l*timately it all comes to Universal Design as now we have an example of a Doctor who falls into the category of being a Dwarf.* Many private and other hospitals now give Wheelchairs only in the EMERGENCY areas and not at the Main entrance! With Best wishes, Sudesh On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM Amita Dhanda <[email protected]> wrote: > I received this input for the health team from Mr Andhare, I am presenting > for your consideration. > > Hospitals in India are notoriously Inaccessible, not because of absence of > ramps and handrails and special toilets, but because all > Examination chairs from which patients are examined that are higher than > the height of wheelchairs. > Not only this all normal tests like Xray, Sonography, ECG, MRI have high > height tables that are inaccessible to wheelchair bound patients. > In aspirational or desirable category of accessibility measures, these > tables and examination chairs could be of adjustable heights, so that > wheelchair bound disabled can be shifted to them easily, but this will take > a decade to materialise in all hospitals in India.The easy solution is to > make > Provisions of adjustable height wheelchairs mandatory in each hospital, so > that inaccessibility of hospital infrastructure can be addressed > immediately. > Such height adjustable chairs are available in market. Hence its a > question of realisation of their need and prompt buying. > Also these adjustable heights chair should have retractable arms so that > lattaral transfers to examination chairs and tables become easier. The > wheelchairs are of normal of 18 to 20 inches height and the normal height > of tables are 30 inches. > So mandatory provision of adjustable height wheelchair should have the > capability of adjusting height from 20 inches to 30 inches i. e. 10 inches > above normal wheelchair height. > Also the arms of wheelchair must be retractable. > This simple provision can make Indian hospitals accessible in a major way > and as this requires only purchases, it should take little time for > implementation. > Hence I recommend > Height adjustable wheelchair with Retractable arms as a mandatory > provision in every hospital, new or old. > My whole life of 80 years I have to face innumerable difficulties in > hospitals due to absence of such a wheelchair. > This week I have to take a ECG. Again I have to cope up with a ECG table > of 30 inch height and my wheelchair of 20 inch height. > I don't want my current and next generation wheelchair bound disabled > suffer from this inaccessibility ever. > Hence this request to you to press for this measure yourself or pass it on > to group working on hospital accessibility. > > > On Tue, 18 Feb, 2025, 11:37 am Percy Cardozo, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> PFA, the draft of general service guidelines streamlined post our >> discussion with Dr. Amita on February 3, 2025. Looking forward to your >> feedback. >> >> Update on the annexures >> >> 1. I have also attached Annexure 1_Disability >> Certification_Revised_12.02.2025. This has comments form Seema Baquer and >> Dr. Sudesh Mukhopadhyay. Shashank Pandey is working on refining the >> document - merging points where possible and aligning the terminology. >> Please >> share your feedback. >> 2. Annexure 2 for education is ready, right now running into a 16 >> page document, I and Shabnam Aggarwal are working on refining it. We will >> share it with you as soon as possible. >> 3. Annexure 3 is ready, Nilesh has worked on it, sharing it here for >> your review. >> 4. Annexure 4 on Health is being put together by Smitha Sadashivan. >> @Smitha >> Sadasivan <[email protected]> we are awaiting this. >> 5. Annexure 5 on Response to Disasters and Emergencies is also partly >> ready. Asha Hans and the team are refining it. @Asha Hans >> <[email protected]> we are waiting for this annexure. >> 6. Annexure 6 on Law and Order (Police) Services is being prepared by >> the iProbono team, Radhika is in touch with them. We should get it shortly >> 7. We are also preparing another annexure to cover the Social >> Security/Pension Schemes, let us know what do you think about it. >> >> Suggestions for any other annexures are welcome. >> >> We would like to meet the group on February 21, 2025 at 10:30 am. The >> Astha team will share the link soon. >> >> -- >> Best wishes >> Percy >> > -- Prof. Sudesh Mukhopadhyay( Her/She) Formerly: Chairperson , Rehabilitation Council of India, Head, Dept. of Inclusive Education, NIEPA/NUEPA & Director, SCERT Delhi Res.: T-12/702 Valley View Estate Gwal Pahari, G- F Road Gurgaon-122003 M: 09899406827 -- [SAC-F-Services] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAC Group F Services" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sac-services-group/CAN7%2BzvoDLYgcGJTM%3DNJXjZ8z5zkUuBMowqwWXaqVthFD5dubiw%40mail.gmail.com.
