Saturday, June 16, 2018

SC to examine if students with low vision can take up MBBS

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: 16.06.2018


After paving the way for the colour blind to pursue medical studies, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine whether a student suffering from low vision could be allowed to get admission in a medical college.

Agreeing to hear the plea of an Ahmedabad-based student who appeared in NEET 2018 and got a rank of 419 in the physically handicapped category, a vacation bench of Justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta issued notice to the Centre and Medical Council of India. The petitioner Purswani Ashutosh moved the court after a government hospital refused to issue disability certificate to him which is needed for counselling for admission in a medical college.

The court, however, raised a question whether it was feasible to admit a student with low eyesight which is not curable. “As far as MBBS is concerned, we have to see, how much it is feasible and possible,” it said.

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