Foreign medical graduates can complete internships in India-NMC

National Medical Commission (NMC) has said that foreign medical graduates' with incomplete internships due to situations beyond their control like COVID-19 or war can finish the same in India. The circular has come amid the ongoing evacuation drive of Indian medical students from Ukraine. In a circular, NMC has said, it has been observed that there are some Foreign Medical Graduates with incomplete internship due to such compelling situation which is beyond their control like Covid pandemic and war. It said, considering the agony and stress faced by these foreign medical graduates, their application to complete the remaining part of the internship in India is considered eligible.
"The state medical councils should ensure the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) should be cleared by the candidates seeking registration in India. If the candidate is found fulfilling criteria, provisional registration may be granted by the state medical councils for a 12 months' internship or balance period, as the case may be," the circular said.The NMC said the state medical councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no fee is charged by it from the foreign medical graduates (FMGs) for permitting them to do their internship. "The stipend and other facilities to FMGs should be extended equivalent to Indian medical graduates being trained at the government medical colleges as fixed by the appropriate authority," it said.