Russia Ukraine war: NMC allows foreign medical graduates to complete internship in India
Dinkle Popli
March 5th 2022 02:07 PM
New Delhi, March 05: Amid the ongoing evacuation of Indian medical students from Ukraine, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has allowed Foreign Medical Graduates with incomplete internships, due to “compelling situations beyond their control” like the ‘Covid-19 pandemic’ or ‘war’, to apply here in India to complete their internships. The relaxation comes with a caveat that the medical student will have to clear the Foreign Medical graduates’ examination (FMGE) here in India to avail of this benefit.
- The medical qualification/degree of FMGs must be registerable to practice medicine in their respective jurisdiction of the country in which the medical degree is awarded and at par with the license to practice medicine given to citizen of that country.
- Documentary evidence certifying successful completion of physical training or internship during the medical qualification equivalent to MBBS by FMGs, if conducted in foreign institute.
- Copy of passport with VISA and immigration details of FMGs.
- Foreign Medical Graduate Examination(FMGE) conducted by National Board of examination(NBE) should be cleared by the candidates seeking registration in India.
- If the candidate is found fulfilling all the above mentioned criteria, provisional registration may be granted by State Medical Councils for 12 month internship or balance period, as the case may be.
- Internship shall be permissible in medical college hospital or hospital attached to medical colleges, permitted by the Commission.
- The maximum quota for allocation of internship to FMGs must be restricted to additional 7.5% of total permitted seats in a medical college.
- State Medical Councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no amount/fcc is charged by the medical college from the FMGs for permitting them to do their internship. The stipend and other facilities to FMGs should be extended equivalent to Indian Medical Graduates being trained at Government Medical Colleges as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/University or State.