NMC Allows Delhi Medical Council to Relax Stipend Condition, give internship posting to FMGs at MCD Hospitals
FMG Internship
New Delhi: Taking cognisance of the difficulties faced by the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) to complete their one-year compulsory rotating internship training in Delhi, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has agreed to Delhi Medical Council's proposal to relax the condition to pay stipend to medical graduates from abroad, who are willing to forgo the stipend.
Although, the Apex Medical Commission acknowledged that as per FMGL Regulations, 2021, grant of stipend to interns is a State matter and NMC only is a regulatory body, it decided to relax the stipend conditions while keeping in view the best interest of students and financial implication to provide stipend by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCDs).
As per the rules, the medical graduates from abroad must undergo a one-year mandatory internship to be able to register and practice in India. Without its completion, the FMGs become ineligible to appear in postgraduate (PG) entrance tests and commence their medical practice.
While institutes like Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) have existing Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) departments, where the FMGs can undergo their mandatory training, these facilities are not present at non-teaching facilities such as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, Ganga Ram, and BLK Max Hospital.
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