Sushree Sarangi (26) is the first doctor in Odisha in a wheelchair. She was in her second-year of medical studies at the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital in Bhubaneswar when she met with an accident that left her quadriplegic. She, however, did not give up her MBBS education and received the degree this year. The journey to get that degree, though, was tough as she had to face the problem of accessibility.

“It was the biggest hurdle in fact. Being wheelchair-bound made many things inaccessible for me. My college was inaccessible but soon slopes were made throughout entrances and working lifts which made it easy on my part to pursue the course. But when it came to field visits, I had to depend on reports brought by my classmates for analysis,” she says....Read More

Source Web Page : The New Indian Express