NEET PG 2023, NEET MDS 2023: MBBS, BDS Internship Deadline Extended, details

New Delhi: Bringing massive respite to NEET PG 2023 and NEET MDS 2023 aspirants, the Health Ministry has extended the last date of completion of the MBBS internship to August 11 and BDS internship to June 30.

The ministry said that the decision was taken considering the future of over 13,000 MBBS students who were not eligible for the NEET PG 2023 exam due to the delayed internship.

More than 3,000 BDS students and 13,000 MBBS students in five States/UTs were ineligible for NEET PG and NEET MDS 2023.

The candidates had been pushing for an extension in the NEET PG 2023 exam by two to three weeks to reduce the gap between the result declaration and the counselling process. Seeing no resolution being provided by the concerned authorities on the matter despite several requests and deliberations, the doctors under the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) staged a protest yesterday at Jantar Mantar.

The NEET PG 2023 exam is scheduled for March 5. The aspirants sought the exam to be postponed by May-June.

As per the calendar issued by the National Board of Examinations, the NEET PG 2023 results will be out around March 31, and the counselling process will start in July 2023. Moreover, according to the previous eligibility criteria announced by NBE, the NEET PG 2023 candidates were required to complete their mandatory one-year MBBS internship on or before March 31.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that FAIMA had written to the Union Health Minister and pointed out that around 10,000 NEET PG aspirants were ineligible for appearing in the exam. The association urged the authorities for postponing the exam by 2-3 months and reconsider the eligibility criteria.

Thereafter, taking note of the fact that thousands of candidates were ineligible to appear in the examination, NBE extended the Internship Deadline. Earlier on January 13, the cut-off date was extended from March 31 to June 30.

Even after the postponement of the exam, several thousands of candidates remained ineligible for the exam.

In a series of tweets, the Ministry of Health announced the extension to the internship deadline for NEET PG and NEET MDS aspirants.

"Considering the future of more than 13,000 MBBS students across five states/UTs who were not eligible for NEET PG 2023 exam due to delayed internship, the Health Ministry has decided to extend the last date of completion of internship for eligibility to August 11, 2023," the Health Ministry said in a tweet.

According to the NBE notification released to this effect, it was announced, “In continuation of NBEMS notice dated January 13 and pursuant to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the cut-off date for completion of internship for the purpose of eligibility for NEET-PG 2023 has been further extended to August 11."

Accordingly, the registration window was reactivated. With this, the desirous candidates who are completing their internship during 01.07.2023 to 11.08.2023 and are fulfilling all other criteria as prescribed in the Information Bulletin of NEET-PG 2023 can apply for NEET-PG 2023 from 09.02.2023 (3PM onwards) to 12.02.2023 (till 11:55 PM).

The applications can be submitted at NBEMS website https://natboard.edu.in

“Such candidates shall be able to choose the preferred state and city for taking the examination amongst those cities which are available at the time of closure of previous registration window on 27.01.2023, on a first come first serve basis. The edit window for all such candidates who shall be successfully submitting examination fee & application form for NEET-PG during 09.02.2023 to 12.02.2023 shall be opened on 15.02.2023,” the notice added.

NEET MDS internship deadline extended:

The ministry decided to extend the last date of completion of the internships to June 30 for dental students, who were not able to appear for NEET MDS.

"More than 3,000 BDS students across states/UTs were not eligible for NEET MDS 2023 exam due to delayed internship. To benefit them, MoHFW has decided to extend the last date of completion of internship for eligibility to June 30, 2023,” the ministry declared.

Accordingly, the registration window for NEET MDS 2023 is also set to reopen.

"In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 09.01.2023, and pursuant to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt. of India vide its email dated 07.02.2023, the cut-off date for completion of internship for the purpose of eligibility for NEET-MDS 2023 has been extended to 30.06.2023. The cut-off date for completion of internship as mentioned under “important dates” and in the clause 4.2 and 4.5 of the information bulletin for NEET-MDS 2023 should therefore be read accordingly," the NBE stated in its notification.

The concerned NEET MDS candidates who are completing their internship during 01.04.2023 to 30.06.2023 and are fulfilling all other criteria as prescribed in the Information Bulletin of NEET-MDS 2023 can apply for NEET-MDS 2023 from 10.02.2023 (3PM onwards) to 12.02.2023 (till 11:55 PM). The applications can be submitted at NBEMS website https://natboard.edu.in

"Such candidates shall be able to choose the preferred state and city for taking the examination amongst those cities which are available at the time of closure of previous registration window on 30.01.2023, on a first come first serve basis. The edit window for all such candidates who shall be successfully submitting examination fee & application form for NEET-MDS during 10.02.2023 to 12.02.2023 shall be opened on 15.02.2023. The Final/Selective Edit Window for all applicants of NEET-MDS 2023 who are found not to have submitted the required images in their applications as per the prescribed guidelines shall be opened from 17.02.2023 to 19.02.2023," the NBE stated.