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Medical aspirant sits for NEET PG as parents missing in Nepal floods
A medical student appeared for the NEET PG examination despite her parents remaining untraced following devastating floods in Nepal. The exam photograph on her admit card became a poignant reminder of her father during the grueling test.
LSN India ·
Tanvi, a medical aspirant, sat for the NEET PG examination while her parents remained missing following catastrophic flooding in Nepal that has displaced thousands and claimed numerous lives across the region.
Despite the personal crisis gripping her family, the determined student completed the postgraduate medical entrance test. During the examination, she glimpsed her admit card photograph—a image captured by her father before the disaster struck—providing a bittersweet connection to her missing parent during the critical hours of testing.
The flooding has wreaked havoc across Nepal, leaving hundreds of families separated and emergency services scrambling for rescue and recovery operations. For Tanvi, the decision to proceed with the examination reflected both her commitment to her medical career and the resilience many individuals have demonstrated in the face of the natural disaster.
Her situation underscores the human cost of the calamity, where ordinary life milestones have been overshadowed by the search for missing loved ones. As rescue operations continue across affected areas, Tanvi's case has drawn attention to the plight of families waiting for news of missing relatives while attempting to maintain normalcy in their disrupted lives.