Twin blast: 9 sets of siblings join MBBS courses in Gujarat
Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: 07.12.2020
There has been a rush of twins into MBBS courses in Gujarat this year, with as many as nine sets of them taking admission in various medical colleges. Last year the number was seven.
Rahil Talati refused to seek admission in the coveted government-run medical colleges in the state despite a high score of 641 marks (out of 720) in NEET 2020. He chose Ahmedabad-based NHL Municipal Medical College because his twin brother Rushil secured 570 marks and could get a seat there. Having studied together all through, Rahil did not want to part ways with his brother in their academic life.
“Rahil and Rushil have always had healthy competition between them. They have always been there to solve each other’s problems. This is perhaps the first time that there is such a big gap in their marks. Usually there is a difference of one percentile or so,” said father of the twins Dr Ashish Talati, who is a practising radiologist. Their mother Dr Hetal is a pathologist.
The father said he introduced his two sons to architects, engineers, CAs and persons known to him from different fields. “I did not want them to feel pressured to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But in the end, both chose medicine,” said Dr Talati. Like the Talati twins, Divya Prajapati, with a NEET score of 536, and Disha Prajapati, with 529, have secured admission in GMERS Medical College, Himmatnagar.
The rest seven sets of twins haven’t been as lucky as the Prajapatis or Talatis to get admission in the same college. Take the case of twin brothers Pinkesh and Prince Bapodariya. While Pinkesh has got admission in Surat Medical College after scoring 630 marks, Prince has got into GMERS Medical College, Patan. For their proud father Jayesh Bapodariya, the going hasn’t been easy though. A diamond polisher in Surat, this father had to sell the family’s jewellery to fund the twins’ coaching class fee.
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