Take strict action on medical colleges charging MBBS internship fee, and not paying stipend to FMGs: NMC orders state counterparts
Taking note of the fact that despite earlier order, some of the medical institutes are charging Internship fee from Indian and FMG interns and denying to pay them stipend, the National Medical Commission has directed all the State Medical Councils and Directorates of Medical Education (DME) to take necessary action in this regard.
Issuing a circular yesterday, NMC, the Apex Medical Regulator noted, "It has been brought into the notice of the National Medical Commission through various sources that some medical colleges/ institutes across the country are charging internship fee from the interns, Indian and Foreign Medical Graduates for doing their internship in their colleges/ institutes and also not paying stipend to them."
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