Overview
- Seventeen-year-old Kanishka Bisht was brought by ambulance from intensive care to the Manimajra exam centre and wrote the physics paper in a wheelchair with oxygen support.
- Her father said she had been in the ICU for around 13 days and was unconscious for about 10 after a cold progressed to severe pneumonia starting January 30.
- School and hospital teams set up a separate room with an oxygen tank and on-site medical staff to monitor her during the exam.
- Reports note a pre-existing muscular dystrophy diagnosis, prior approval for extra time in board exams, and her recent success in clearing JEE Main.
- She was taken back to hospital after the exam and remains under treatment, with plans reported for her to attempt the chemistry paper on February 28.