IPS aspirant with rare bone disease appeared for UPSC with portable oxygen tank
PTI, Jun 3, 2019, 2:50 PM IST
A rare bone disorder coupled with a respiratory condition requiring external oxygen support has not deterred 24-year-old Latheesha Ansari of Kottayam from setting her eyes on the highly coveted civil services.
On Sunday, she appeared for the Preliminary Civil Services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission here, on a wheel chair and an oxygen cylinder beside her.
The short statured IAS aspirant had to be carried to school by her father due to her condition, father Ansari, who hails from Erumeli in Kottayam, said.
Thanks to the intervention of Kottayam District Collector P R Sudheer Babu, a portable oxygen concentrator was provided to her inside the examination hall.
A portable equipment would be provided to her free of cost for which tender process had been completed, the collector told PTI when contacted. Her parents had travelled to the examination hall with an oxygen cyclinder.
Latheesha, who appeared for the examination at a centre here, told PTI that she had been preparing for the examination since the past one and half years and hoped that her efforts would prove fruitful. Latheesha, who has completed her M Com degree, has chosen Malayalam as the optional subject for the examination.
Latha Nair of Amritavarshini, a charitable Society working for children with the rare genetic distorder, said the UPSC needs to provide better facilties for IAS aspirants like Latheesha.
She needs about Rs 25,000 a month for a medical needs, Nair said. The examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), was held in 72 cities across India on Sunday.
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