The Medical Council of India (MCI) will now allow 21 categories of even severely disabled candidates to take next year’s graduate and post-graduate medical courses, a landmark shift in its policy after a severe stricture from the Supreme Court in August. In its October meeting, MCI members resolved that times had changed and with progress in science it did not make sense to bar disabled people from becoming doctors any more. India’s first disability law was written as late as 1995. It took a rap on the knuckles from the Supreme Court earlier this year for the MCI to finally come around. In August, a student with thalassemia was allowed by the Supreme Court to take admission in a medical college.

Source: Hindustan Times November 05, 2017 02:03 UTC