The National Medical Commission states that foreign medical graduates can complete internships in India.
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- NMC says foreign medical graduates can complete internship in India
- The National Medical Commission said it can be processed by the State Medical Councils
- Candidates must pass the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination before applying for the internship
Russo-Ukraine War, Against the backdrop of Ukraine crisis, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has said that foreign medical graduates with incomplete internships due to COVID-19 or war-like situations may end up in India.
The NMC has said in a circular that it can be processed by the State Medical Councils, provided the candidates have passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination before applying to complete the internship in India.
“There are also some foreign medical graduates who have incomplete internships due to compelling situations that are beyond their control, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and war, etc. Considering the agony and stress of these foreign medical graduates , to complete their application. The remainder of the internship in India is considered eligible,” the NMC said.
This could be helpful for hundreds of medical students from India admitted to various colleges in Ukraine, who had to leave their courses and return home due to Russia’s ongoing military invasion of the country.
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“State Medical Councils should ensure that the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) is passed by candidates seeking registration in India. If the candidate is found to be meeting the criteria, provisional registration may be provided to State Medical Councils for internship of 12 months or for the remaining period, as the case may be,” the circular said.
The NMC said that the state medical councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no fee is charged from foreign medical graduates (FMGs) for allowing them to do internships.
“The stipend and other facilities to the FMG should be increased at par with Indian medical graduates being trained in government medical colleges, as decided by the appropriate authority,” it said.
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