No provisions in IMC, NMC Acts to accommodate foreign medicos into Indian Medical Colleges: MoS Health
New Delhi: The Union Minister for State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pawar has recently stated that there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 as well as in the regulations to accommodate or transfer medical students from any foreign medical institutes to Indian medical colleges.
The MoS Health was asked to provide details on the total number of medical students who have returned from Ukraine and are seeking admission into medical colleges in the country, State, gender and year of study-wise and the reasons for the delay in accommodating them in medical colleges in the country. The member further sought to know whether Government has set a deadline to begin the admission process of these students; and whether Government has taken note of the challenges faced by these students, such as retrieval of transcripts from Ukrainian universities, and if so, what assistance will be provided to these students.
In a response to the questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam in Rajya Sabha, the MoS Health Bharati Pawar has informed that from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) received information about 20,000 Indian students who have returned from Ukraine.
"Foreign Medical Students/Graduates are either covered under "Screening Test Regulations, 2002" or "Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021". There are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 as well as the Regulations to accommodate or transfer medical students from any foreign medical institutes to Indian medical colleges," she stated.
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