Tuesday, December 28, 2010

HC asks MCI to transfer ailing student to GU college

Ahmedabad: A cancer patient, who is a medical student, got a breather after the Gujarat high court on Tuesday asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) to act on her application seeking transfer of college. 
   According to case details, Moni Patel, a medical student, was diagnosed with cancer after she got admission in the MBBS course in a college in Nashik during the last academic year.
   After learning about her ailment, she tried to shift to Ahmedabad so that shecanstaywithherfamily and wrote an application to the MCI requesting for a transfer. She also informed the governing body that the NHL Medical College has a vacancy and that she could be accommodated.
   The MCI, however, refused to allow her a transfer on ground that although she pursued MBBS for a year, she did not clear the first semester which is a prerequisite if one seeks a transfer. Patel informed the MCI that she could not concentrate on her studies because of her illness, but in vain.
   Left with no alternative, Patel moved the high court through senior counsel Sudhir Nanavati, who contended that there is a provision for such a transfer even if the student does not fulfill the criteria, but the reason must be a genuine one. He argued before the court that nothing can be considered more genuine a reason than the petitioner, whoissufferingfromaserious disease.
   After hearing the case, the bench also questioned the MCI as to why the case was not considered with sympathy. The court has orderedtheMCItoreconsider Patel’s case and allow her a transfer from the Maharashtra University to the Gujarat University within three weeks.

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