The National Medical Commission (NMC) has stepped in quickly to reassure the undergraduate medical students returning from Ukraine that they will be allowed to do their internships in medical institutions within the country after they clear the qualifying Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) Examination.
The NMC’s circular issued on Friday states that “the stipend and other facilities extended to FMGs should be equivalent to that of Indian medical graduates being trained at government medical colleges, as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the university/institution/State.”
While appreciating NMC’s diligence in addressing the concerns of FMGs, it was ironic that the magnanimity extended by NMC with regard to the stipend to be given to FMGs had been missing with regard to Indian medical graduates studying in private medical institutions within the country, some health professionals pointed out.
