Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Plans To Take Steps Towards Trans-inclusion In Its Campus
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Kasturba Medical College, Manipal is working on steps to include the transgender community in its campus and hospital.
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal is working on steps to include the transgender community in its campus and hospital. KMC's dean Dr Sharath Kumar Rao announced this plan at the Transcare Campus Connect event. KMC will also commemorate the International Day of Transgender Remembrance which is observed to remember the transgender lives lost.
This decision has been taken by the colleges in view of the recent verdicts from the Madras High Court, Kerala High Court, and a directive from the National Medical Commission which says to create an inclusive teaching material in medical education. Authorities have highlighted how the current medical curriculum has content that is derogatory to the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Transcare Campus Connect event was organised in partnership with the TransCare MedEd team which works on creating a transgender-affirmative health provision. A booklet titled 'Colours Among Us' was also released in the event by Dr Rao. The booklet is available online sangath.in/transcare-resources.
"The medical curriculum does not equip students to provide sensitive care to transgender persons. In fact, it desensitizes them, and many doctors currently provide care that is colored by discrimination, stigma, and abuse," said Dr Kirtana R Nayak, chief organizer of the event and Head of the department of Medical Education, KMC Manipal.
