NEET Result 2018: Tamil Nadu Lost An Aspring Doctor Once Again

NEET Result Death: A 17-year-old Dalit medical aspirant in Tamil Nadu committed suicide after she allegedly failed in NEET 2018, the entrance examination to select students for undergraduate medical and dental courses. The girl was rushed to a nearby government hospital at 12 am but was declared brought dead. Police officials said,

“She consumed poison after she failed the NEET. We have not received any formal complaint yet but this is what we have heard,”

S Prathiba was a resident of Peruvallur village in Gingee Taluk. Her father is a construction labourer in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. She had scored 1125 out of 1200 in her class 12 board examinations. She even scored 495 out of 500 in her class 10 board examinations. This was the second time she appeared for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

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Tamil Nadu Labourer’s Daughter Commits Suicide After Failing NEET 2018

Last year, Prathiba was qualified for studying Siddha after writing NEET 2017. Due to her love for MBBS, she declined the offer and wanted to try again. However, she ended up failing in NEET this year.

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Less than 40 per cent of the students who had appeared for NEET in Tamil Nadu has been able to clear the examinations this year, far less than Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

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