Court orders medical assistance to children with rare genetic disorder

The children have Retinitis Pigmentosa with Atrophic Maculopathy; the Court considered the case as the rarest of rare cases and said the State should show compassion

Bringing relief to a man from Madurai, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the State government to grant medical assistance under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Medical Insurance Scheme to his two grandchildren. The girls are affected by Retinitis Pigmentosa with Atrophic Maculopathy, a rare genetic disorder. The court was hearing the appeal preferred by the State against the order of a single bench that had directed the State to grant medical assistance to L. Joseph’s grandchildren under the scheme in 2017. The court took note of the pitiable condition of the family and had allowed the petition filed by him.