TN govt urged to provide training to doctors on assessing differently abled peopleTN govt urged to provide training to doctors on assessing differently abled people

[The Desi DISpatch]

19-Aug-2015

U Tejonmayam

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers (Taratdac) has urged the state government to provide adequate training to doctors, who assess differently abled people to issue disability certificates. 

In a release, state general secretary of Taratdac S Namburajan said a 20-year-old lad Chottu from Dharmapuri district, who was disabled and was unable to do his basic tasks, had been given a certificate with only 50% disability by a government hospital. 

"The government provides financial assistance to those who have a disability of 60% or above. But in the case of Chottu, he cannot avail it as he was certified to be only 50% disabled. His mother has epilepsy and is mentally ill. They are suffering without any assistance," the release said. 

It further said that the central government laid out guidelines in 2001 for assessment and certification for the differently abled and that the medical experts in Tamil Nadu were not given any training on the guidelines. 

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