A three-foot tall man from Gujarat, who was once declined admission to a medical college as the Medical Council of India deemed him "incapable" of becoming a doctor, has now realised his dream to become a medical practitioner. Ganesh Baraiya (23) did not let the MCI rejection get in the way of his dreams and is now is now an MBBS intern.
The MCI rejected his application in 2018 as its committee stated that his physical condition would not allow him to handle emergency cases. However, he consulted his school principal regarding the matter and also spoke to some of the well-wishers who advised him to challenge the MCI rejection, news agency PTI reported.
On the direction of the Bhavanagar collector, he presented his matter before the Gujarat High Court but lost the case after two months. He then filed a case before the Supreme Court in 2018, which passed a verdict in his favour. The Supreme Court's verdict allowed him to enrol at Bhavnagar's Government Medical College.
"The committee of Medical Council of India had rejected me saying that my height is 3 feet and I won't be able to handle emergency cases...with the direction of Bhavnagar collector, I went to Gujarat HC...after 2 months, we lost the case...we went to Supreme Court after that and in 2018, Supreme Court verdict came that I can take MBBS admission in 2019."
Baraiya completed his MBBS studies and is now an MBBS intern at Sir Takhtasinhji General Hospital in Bhavnagar. Dean of the Bhavnagar Medical College Dr Hemant Mehta expressed his joy at Baraiya completing his course at their college. "He used to find a way in every situation. He would tell us his problems sometimes and we tried our best to solve them," Dr Mehta said.
The dean added that Baraiya's friends, classmates, and batchmates helped him the most and used to be with him at all times. "The teachers helped him too because he required the most attention in the whole class," Mehta added.