JOIN USIn a bid to further empower differently-abled persons, the State government has reserved some seats for them in select branches of post-graduate medicine.
Under the new ruling, the differently-abled will have a three per cent reservation in select branches of the medical PG through the revised matrix at the time of the Post Graduate Entrance Test - due to be effective from this academic year.
This initiative was taken only after offical intervention by the judiciary. Previously, a differently-abled candidate, Dr Veeresh Hallur and others had filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking directions to ensure that there is reservation for those in his category with regard to PG medical seats. Based on the petition, the court has instructed the State to evolve guidelines.
In a recent meeting chaired by the medical education principal secretary, department heads at the Bangalore Medical College examined the ways to implement the HC ruling.
Within the framework of the High Court ruling, a three percent reservation will be opened up in dermatology, radiotherapy, pediatrics, general medicine, radio diagnosis, psychiatry and pulmonary medicine.
In addition, the differently-abled will be entitled for admission in anatomy, physiology and bio-chemistry, and in all the branches of para-medical courses namely pharmacology, pathology, micro-biology, community medicine and forensic medicine.
But other medical branches, such as surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, ENT, anaesthesia, and obstetrics and gynaecology will continue to be barred as it is felt that the differently-abled will not be able to perform satisfactorily in such branches.