Allowing foreign medical graduates (FMGs) to complete their course, it is a continuation of the September 2022 Academic Mobility Program.
Source: Edexlive
Last year, almost 19,000 Indian students were evacuated from Ukraine. Approximately 2,000 of them, whose universities are located in the western Ukraine, have restarted their studies in the war-torn country, while some others have travelled to Russia, Serbia, and Georgia to complete their courses.
Following the Indian Embassy’s intervention, more than 1,000 of the Ukraine returnees were recently admitted to a medical university in Uzbekistan. FMGs can only complete their course abroad in order to be eligible to take the licensure test for practising in India, according to the NMC Act.
Source: Free Press Journal
At first, the NMC only allowed students who were doing internships to finish it in India. In March this year, the government relaxed regulations to allow returnees to pass the MBBS final exams without registering at any college.
Seeking justice, the beleaguered students had moved the Supreme Court, which heard a batch of petitions. They have also been holding protests since last year. The latest NMC step should finally see the remaining students getting accommodated in some foreign country of their choice. Though they may lose a semester or two, their medical careers are finally getting back on track.
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