MCC Issues Notice for PwD Candidates for PG NEET 2019 Counseling
New Delhi: Confirming that the new guidelines for PWD candidates as has been finalised by the Medical Council of India will be followed for the counsellling session for NEET PG 2019 and NEET MDS 2019, the Medical counselling committe(MCC) recently issued a notice to this effect on its official website mcc.nic.in
the Board of Governors in Supersession of Medical Council of India has issued Guidelines regarding admission of students with "Specified Disabilities" under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 vide Gazette Notification No. MCI34(41)/2018-Med./170045 dated 5th February 2019
Now the MCC has issued a notice informing all the candidates participating in the upcoming PG Counselling 2019 for MD/ MS/ Diploma/ MDS courses that the extent of "specified disability" in a Person with Disability (PWD candidate) shall be assessed in accordance with these guidelines for the purpose of issuing Disability Certificate and at the time of admission in the college.
Further, all the PWD candidates participating in the PG Counselling 2019 are required to get themselves assessed for their disability and obtain a Disability Certificate from any one of the designated Disability Centre (List of the Disability Centres enclosed as ANNEXURE-II) to secure admission under 5% quota for candidates with benchmark disabilities in accordance with the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 notified in the Gazette of India by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 4th January 2018, the notice added .
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about the MCI gazette finalising the Guidelines regarding admission of students with "Specified Disabilities" under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 with respect to admission in MBB. The minimum degree of disability should be 40% (Benchmark Disability) in order to be eligible for availing reservation for persons with specified disability.
Following table summarises the diasabilites as approved by MCI
| SI. No | Disability Type | Type of Disabilities | Specified Disability | Disability Range | ||
| Eligible for Medical Course, Not Eligible for PWD Quota | Eligible for Medical Course, Eligible for PWD Quota | Not Eligible for Medical Course | ||||
| 1 | Physical Disability | A. Locomotor Disability, | a. Leprosy cured person* | Less than 40% disability | 40-80% disability | More than 80% |
| including Specified Disabilities (a to f). | b. Cerebral Palsy** | |||||
| c. Dwarfism | ||||||
| d. Muscular Dystrophy | ||||||
| e. Acid attack victims | ||||||
| f. Others*** such as Amputation, Poliomyelitis, etc | ||||||
| * Attention should be paid to the loss of sensations in fingers and hands, amputation, as well as the involvement of eyes and corresponding recommendations, be looked at. ** Attention should be paid to impairment of vision, hearing, cognitive function etc. and corresponding recommendations be looked at. *** Both hands intact, with intact sensations, sufficient strength and range of motion are essential to be considered eligible for medical course | ||||||
| B. Visual Impairment (*) | a. Blindness | Less than 40% disability (i.e. Category '0 (10%)', 'I (20%)' & 'II (30%') | Equal to or More than 40% Disability (i.e. Category III and above) | |||
| b. Low vision | ||||||
| C. Hearing impairment@ | a. Deaf | Less than 40% Disability | Equal to or more than 40% Disability | |||
| b. Hard of hearing | ||||||
| (*) Persons with Visual impairment / visual disability of more than 40% may be made eligible to pursue Graduate Medical Education and may be given reservation, subject to the condition that the visual disability is brought to a level of less than the benchmark of 40% with advanced low vision aids such as telescopes/magnifier etc. @ Persons with hearing disability of more than 40% may be made eligible to pursue Graduate Medical Education and may be given reservation, subject to the condition that the hearing disability is brought to a level of less than the benchmark of 40% with the aid of assistive devices. In addition to this, the individual should have a speech discrimination score of more than 60%. | ||||||
| D. Speech & language disability$ | Organic/ neurological causes | Less than 40% Disability | Equal to or more than 40% Disability | |||
| $ It is proposed that for admission to MBBS course the Speech Intelligibility Affected (SIA) score shall not exceed 3 (Which will correspond to less than 40%) to be eligible to pursue the MBBS course. The individuals beyond this score will not be eligible for admission to the MBBS course. Persons with an Aphasia Quotient (AQ) up to 40% may be eligible to pursue MBBS course but beyond that, they will neither be eligible to pursue the MBBS course nor will they have any reservation. | ||||||
| 2 | Intellectual disability | a. Specific learning disabilities (Perceptual disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia & Developmental aphasia)# | # currently there is no Quantification scale available to assess the severity of SpLD, therefore the cut-off of 40% is arbitrary and more evidence is needed | |||
| Less than 40% Disability | Equal to or more than 40% disability - But selection will be based on the learning competency evaluated with the help of the remediation/ assisted technology/ aids/ infrastructural changes by the Expert Panel | More than 80% or severe nature or significant cognitive/ intellectual disability | ||||
| b. Autism spectrum disorders | Absence or Mild Disability, Asperger syndrome (disability of 40- 60% as per ISAA) where the individual is deemed fit for MBBS course by an expert panel | Currently not recommended due to lack of objective method to establish presence and extent of mental illness. However, the benefit of reservation/quota may be considered in future after developing better methods of disability assessment. | Equal to or more than 60% disability or the presence of cognitive/intellectual disability and/or if the person is deemed unfit for pursuing MBBS course by an expert panel | |||
| 3 | Mental behaviour | Mental illness | Absence or mild Disability: less than 40% (under IDEAS) | Currently not recommended due to lack of objective method to establish presence and extent of mental illness. However, the benefit of reservation/quota may be considered in future after developing better methods of disability assessment. | Equal to or more than 40% disability or if the person is deemed unfit to perform his/her duties. Standards may be drafted for the definition of "fitness to practice medicine", as are used by several institutions of countries other than India. | |
| 4 | Disability caused due to | a. Chronic Neurological Conditions | i. Multiple Sclerosis | Less than 40% Disability | 40-80% disability | More than 80% |
| ii. Parkinsonism | ||||||
| b. Blood Disorders | i. Haemophilia | Less than 40% Disability | 40-80% disability | More than 80% | ||
| ii. Thalassemia | ||||||
| iii. Sickle cell disease | ||||||
| 5 | Multiple disabilities including deaf blindness | More than one of the above specified disabilities | Must consider all above while deciding in individual cases recommendations with respect to presence any of the above, namely, Visual, Hearing, Speech & Language Disability, Intellectual Disability, and Mental Illness as a component of Multiple Disability. Combining Formula as notified by the related Gazette Notification issued by the Govt. of India a + b (90-a) 90 (where a= higher value of disability % and b=lower value of disability % as calculated for different disabilities) is recommended for computing the disability arising when more than one disabling condition is present in a given individual. This formula may be used in cases with multiple disabilities, and recommendations regarding admission and/or reservation made as per the specific disabilities present in a given individual | |||
Candidates are also requested to view the PDF document attached below for the List of Centres who will issue Disability Certificates as per 21 Benchmark Disabilities given under RPWD Act-2016.
| S/No. | Centres who will issue Disability Certificates as per 21 Benchmark Disabilities given under RPWD Act-2016 | City/State |
| 1 | Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, | New Delhi |
| 2 | All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (for Locomotor Disability only) | Mumbai |
| 3 | Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | Kolkata |
| 4 | Madras Medical College | Chennai |
| 5 | Grant Government Medical College, J.J. Hospital Compound | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 6 | Goa Medical College | Goa |
| 7 | Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| 8 | SMS Medical College | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| 9 | Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Sector32 | Chandigarh |
| 10 | Govt. Medical College, Agartala, State Disability Board | Agartala/Tripura |
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