FMG Internship in India: NMC Releases State-Wise List Of Approved, Recognised Medical Colleges For Conducting CRMI, Details

A total of 396 colleges are recognized, with an annual intake capacity of 65743. A total of 4930 seats are available for FMGs.

Approved Medical Colleges –

A total of 261 colleges are approved, with an annual intake capacity of 33290. A total of 23192 seats are available for FMGs.

However, Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that around 2,000 FMG doctors are facing the issue. In case of Rajasthan alone, only around 30 percent of the total students, who cleared the mandatory FMGE test in January have secured a seat for Internship.

Earlier, Rajasthan Medical Council only held counselling for filling only 399 seats while the state almost has approximately 2,000 FMG internship seats. 966 of the 1,365 exam-qualified candidates are still waiting for an internship seat. In Haryana, around 40 students are yet to get an internship seat, sources informed Medical Dialogues.

Students were not certain about the number of available seats in several States and even after three months of the FMGE results, many states across India have not yet commenced the counselling process.

Recently, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) also raised the problems faced by the FMGs across the country and especially in Delhi. FAIMA wrote to the chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC). FAIMA urged NMC to take action to address the concerns of foreign medical graduates in India.

In a recent meeting with the NMC officials, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) also communicated the problem with the authorities. After the meeting on May 4, FORDA assured that a solution would soon be provided by the Apex medical commission, most likely within one week.

Finally, NMC issued a circular addressing the concerns of the FMGs regarding several issues including validation for Online study by Commission, applicability of NMC Public notice dated 28.07.2022 on FMGs, requirement of Domicile by FMGs for internship, completion of Internship by FMGs in parts at hospitals and medical colleges, issue concerning payment of stipend to FMGs among others.