PG Medical Admission In Telangana : Aspirants Concerned Over Vanished Seats Reserved For PWD Candidates

Disabled postgraduate medical aspirants in Telangana are worried that more than half of the seats reserved for physically-challenged students in the first phase of counseling are missing in the second phase.

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This was when only two students under the PWD quota secured admission in the first phase of counseling. While the students have tried reaching out to Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), they have yet to succeed.

As per the latest media report by the New Indian Express, the students were shocked that most reserved seats were missing from the seat matrix after the university issued the seat matrix for the second phase of counseling.

While commenting on this, a disabled student wishing to pursue PG dermatology or ophthalmology in OMC said daily, "The university issued the second phase seat matrix late on Friday." However, the student found that both seats were unavailable in the matrix. After checking, the student found that PWD seats belonging to other specialties were also missing from the seat matrix.

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In the second phase of counseling, only eight seats, including two for anesthesia in NIMS and Prathima, one for general surgery in MNRS, one for Orthology in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, one for gynecology in OMC and two in KMC (gynecology and pediatrics) and two in Mamata Medical College (psychiatrist and ophthalmology) were available in the seat matrix.

Referring to this, the student said, "We had time to fill the form for the second phase from 8 am on Saturday to 1 pm on Sunday," the student said. He tried reaching the KNRUHS but to no avail. "I tried on Monday as well. However, the phone was either switched off or busy."

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Similar complaints have been raised by two other disabled PG aspirants who wished to pursue branches like radiology and dermatology. Meanwhile, not finding the seats of their choice, these students opted for the available seats, and only five disabled students secured admission under the seats reserved for them. In the first phase of counseling, they could not fill out the form because of the high NEET PG cut-off, and later they became eligible for the second round.

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