Goa, Nov. 10 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

The road to career in medi cine has been very rough for 24-year old Almas Shaikh from Zuari Nagar. She was 18 when she tragically lost her father Iqbal Shaikh during Covid pandemic, while she was pre paring for her NEET exam. But she didn't lose heart. Despite the immense grief and chaos, Almas persevered, answered the exam, and initially secured ad mission into a Bachelor of Science in Anesthesia Technology course at GMC. Yet, the dream of becoming a doc tor lingered. So, six years later at 24,with her mother Rizwana's sup port and her own perseverance, Al mas reappeared NEET this year and defied all odds to secure a MBBS seat in the GMC. "Since my school days I wanted to become a doctor. While I was p...