IAS aspirant with bone disorder appears for prelims with

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 Servicesexamination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission here, on a wheel chair and an oxygen cylinder beside her.

Latheesha, who was diagnosed with 'type II Osteogenesis Imperfecta' ,(britlle bone disease) after birth also suffers from pulmonary hypertension since over a year due to which she needsan oxygen cylinder always besides her for respiratory needs.

The short statured IAS aspiranthad 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 ..