NMC NO for MBBS Migration: 150 Students in Gujarat Facing Uncertain Future

Ahmedabad: Around 150 medical students in Gujarat are facing uncertainty regarding their future as their applications for transfer to other medical institutes are still pending when the National Medical Commission (NMC) has now stopped MBBS migration altogether. 

Although these students had applied for migration months ago, the processing was underway and the students were expecting for the merit list to be declared soon. 

Medical Dialogues recently reported that the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of NMC has now stopped the migration of MBBS students from one medical institute to another.

In the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, which was published in the official Gazette on June 02, 2023, NMC UG Board addressed the issue of student migration and mentioned, "No student designated to a Medical Institution, notwithstanding anything stating in these regulations, shall seek migration to any other Medical Institution."

This is in contradiction to the earlier rules which did not restrict migration of students from government to private institutes and vice versa. In fact, previously the candidates used to be eligible for migration only after qualifying the first professional MBBS examination.

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Apart from this, the previous rules of the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) had also restricted migration to 5% of the sanctioned intake of the college during the year. Previously, migration was not allowed on any ground from one medical college to another located within the same city.

While the NMC has now stopped the migration of students altogether, according to the former rules, "The applicant candidate shall be eligible to apply for migration only after qualifying in the first professional MBBS examination. Migration during clinical course of study shall not be allowed on any ground."

However, with the implementation of the new Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, MBBS migration will no longer be allowed. As per the latest media report by the Times of India, due to these changed rules, approximately 150 medical students in Gujarat are facing uncertainties regarding their future, These students had submitted their applications for transfer to other medical institutes months ago, long before NMC changed the rules. 

The Daily adds that the processing for these applications was underway and the students were expecting the merit list to be declared soon. According to the data shared by the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar there are altogether 37 medical colleges in Gujarat with an intake capacity for 6600 MBBS seats. Among these, 4250 MBBS seats are available at 23 Government Medical Colleges and another 2350 MBBS seats are available at 14 private medical colleges.

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