Dr. Raushan Jawwad: Success Story Of A Young Girl
Raushan Jawwad, 24-year-old from Jogeshwari, lost her legs in a train accident in 2008, fought for her medical education in Bombay High Court, finally earned her ‘Doctor’ on 28th February’17.
She scored 92% in Class X exam in 2008. Later in October 2008, when she was coming home after giving her college examination at Bandra’s Anjuman-i-Islam Girls College, she fell off on to the tracks and lost her legs under the moving train. Hearing her screams, people pulled the chain and rescued her. It took her a year to get herself back from the trauma and resume her education.
The law allows only people with “up to 70% handicap” to study medicine, she was found to be 88% handicapped. She was said to be “unfit” to study medicine. To continue her education, Raushan approached to the Bombay High Court where Chief Justice Mohit Shah directed the state to give her admission. “When she can come all the way to court, why do you think she won’t be able to come to class?” asked Justice Shah.
Last year, Raushan secured a first class in the final-year MBBS exam at KEM Hospital. Raushan has a family of 5, her parents, an elder brother and a younger sister. They live in a 10-by-10 rented room in Jogeshwari Chawl. Raushan’s father Jawwad Shaikh, is a vegetable vendor and her mother, Ansari Khatoon is a homemaker. While Raushan was conferred with her MBBS Degree, her parents had tears in their eyes, watching people clap for their daughter. She is supposed to be the 1st Doctor in her family, nine years after the accident.
“While studying at KEM, I used to stay in a college hostel. All my classmates, colleagues and teachers helped me a lot. The credit for my success goes them too. They would always be very helpful and I never felt disabled whenever in their company,” said Raushan.
Her willingness to become a doctor never faded. Though she lost her legs, though she wasn’t allowed to enter the college, she fought for everything she wanted. And it all got paid in the end when she got her MBBS degree and prefix ‘Doctor’ in her name. Women like Raushan are motivation for each lady living out there, doing her chores and thinking how she’ll reach for her goals.
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