Kolkata: Forty-two-year-old Jeeja Ghosh, who was offloaded from a Spicejet flight a few months back for being a patient of cerebral palsy, Thursday said she still feels scared whenever she boards a plane and added that she has now learnt to overcome the incident.
Ghosh, a teacher at the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, Kolkata was asked to deboard a Spicejet flight to Goa Feb 19 as the pilot reportedly found her unfit to fly alone. She was on her way to attending a conference in Goa.
"I want to forget the incident and go ahead in my life. A case has been filed in the Supreme Court against this. We need to raise awareness about the entire issue. We need to raise awareness that a person suffering from cerebral palsy can also take care of herself if she is provided with equal opportunities and rights," said Ghosh while addressing a press conference here.
19/04/12 IANS/News Track India
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