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The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam government to build a separate wing at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for the patients belonging to the transgender community.

The HC further asked the Centre on Monday to issue a list of benefits for transgenders under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

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Hearing a petition filed by transgender rights activist Swati Bidhan Baruah, a division bench on Monday passed the order.

Swati Bidhan Baruah is the first transgender judge in the Northeast.

โ€œI approached the court after I saw the transgender community excluded from the scheme. The courtโ€™s landmark order should enable the community to get its own health wing at the GMCH,โ€ Baruah told reporters in Guwahati.

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Baruah said the court has sought a specialist dealing with the health issues of transgenders to be made available at the separate GMCH health.

The wing will also provide sex reassignment surgery, she said.