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Sex change saga: Beed toddler awaits Aadhar card in order to get surgery
Updated On: 08 August, 2018 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
After being refused admission in school for lack of an Aadhaar card, four-year-old awaiting sex reassignment surgery must now procure the identity document for the operation
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Mohammad Khan (left) with a friend outside St George Hospital on Tuesday
Four-year-old Aman Mohammad Khan's wait to become a boy has gotten longer. St George Hospital has instructed his family to get an Aadhaar card made for him bearing his new name - Aman.
mid-day had reported on August 1 how he was born in August 2013 with under-developed genitals, which doctors from Beed failed to recognise, resulting in the newborn being declared a girl and named Ayman. After living as a girl for three years in Majalgaon, a doctor finally recognised his deformation. But this revelation has also meant that Aman hasn't been able to start school, as his parents, confused about his gender, couldn't get his Aadhaar card made. Aman reportedly doesn't have any other identity documents, including birth certificate, either, which led to the school refusing him admission.
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