HYDERABAD: Multiple Sclerosis Patients (MSPs) in the city have been waiting for long to get their Unique Disability Identity Cards (UDIDs). This is mainly because the government uses a software, Sadarem (Software for Assessment of Disabled to Access Rehabilitation and Empowerment), which has a list of medical practitioners who can vet applications of the 200-odd multiple sclerosis patients. It, however, does not list any neurologist, who is empanelled to detect neurological disabilities.
Meena Gupta, chairperson of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI), told Deccan Chronicle: “There are close to 150 MSPs who have filled in their disability form and sent the same. But only one or two of them have received a disability card. The problem that most of them face pertains to percentage of disability the MSP has. This is the only way to get a UDID through Sadarem.”
According to an MSP, who chose to remain anonymous, deciphering the amount or percentage of disability is…