Bhubaneswar: Amid the Ukraine crisis, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has said foreign medical graduates with incomplete internships due to situations beyond their control like COVID-19 or war can finish the same in India.
As per a circular released by the NMC, it has observed that there are some foreign medical graduates with incomplete internships due to such compelling situations which are beyond their control, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and war etc.
“Considering the agony and stress faced by these foreign medical graduates, their application to complete the remaining part of internship in India is considered eligible,” it stated.
Accordingly, the same may be processed by the State Medical Councils, provided the candidates have cleared the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination before applying for completion of internship in India, it added.
Taking into consideration all the relevant provisions of NMC’s Regulations and circumstances, the Commission decided to issue the detailed guidelines/process which is required to be followed by State Medical Councils for grant of registration of FMGs till further instructions from the Commission or implementation of NExT Exam, whichever occurs earlier.
State Medical Councils should ensure the following conditions/criteria while processing the case for grant of registration of FMGs:
(i) The medical qualification/degree 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.
(ii) Documentary evidence certifying successful completion of physical training or internship during the medical qualification equivalent to MBBS, if conducted in lbreign institute.
(iii) Copy of passport with VISA and immigration details
(iv) Foreign Medical Graduate Examination(FMGE) conducted by National Board of Examination(NBE) should be cleared by the candidates seeking registration in India.
(v) 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 he.
(vi) Internship shall be permissible in medical college hospital or hospital attached to medical colleges, permitted by the Commission.
(vii) The maximum quota for allocation of internship to FMGs must be restricted to additional 7.5% of total permitted seats in a medical college.
(viii) State Medical Councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no amount/fee is charged by the medical college from the FMGs for permitting them to do their internship. The stipend & 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.
