Battling years of personal discrimination, Dr. Prachi Rathore has become country’s first transgender doctor to secure admission at a government college for a Master of Surgery (MS) in Orthopaedics.
Dr. Prachi’s academic journey includes completing her MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad in 2014. Despite initial challenges, including discontinuing her diploma in Emergency Medicine due to discrimination, she found solace as an Emergency Physician in private hospitals in Hyderabad until 2018. However, after disclosing her gender identity, she faced exclusion from the private hospitals. In 2021, she joined the Mitr Clinic, catering to the health needs of the transgender community and conducting sensitisation programmes in various healthcare facilities. Encouraged by Superintendent of Osmania General Hospital B. Nagender, Dr. Prachi joined OGH in 2022.
Currently serving as a Medical Officer at Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, Dr. Prachi is the fourth individual from the transgender community to make strides in the medical field. Dr. Ruth John Paul, also a Medical Officer at OGH, secured a spot at ESI Hospital and Medical College Sanath Nagar for an MD in Emergency Medicine course back in August.
