AIIMS allows blind to sit for exam

NEW DELHI, JULY 4. Acting on a directive by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has allowed a medical student, Mr. Anka Toppo, who lost his eye-sight due to a disease, to sit for his final MBBS examination.

Appreciating the efforts of the AIIMS Director, Mr. P.K. Dave and his colleagues, the commission also said the Medical Council of India (MCI) should make available the same facility in other medical institutions as well.

Mr. Toppo had approached the commission after he was allegedly denied permission in May for ``want of approval of guidelines'' from the MCI as his was the first such case, the release said.

He had also alleged that he was being ``harassed and discriminated against as he is from a tribal community and his blindness is being used to achieve this''.

According to the complaint, Mr. Toppo was admitted to AIIMS in 1989 against the seat for schedule tribes.

- PTI

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Section  : National
Previous : HC seeks records on Amarnath yatra
Next     : Laloo warns Union Ministers from Bihar