HC questions credibility of foreign medical degrees
Asks how students with low marks are able to attain them
Questioning the professional credibility of those who complete
medical courses in foreign institutions and practice in India after
obtaining approval from the Medical Council of India (MCI), Justice N.
Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court said on Monday, “It is not
understandable as to how moneyed persons who get comparatively low marks
are allowed to get admission in foreign medical colleges and are able
to get medical degrees which are also recognised by MCI.”
“Only meritorious students should be allowed to enter the profession as the lives of the patients are with the prospective doctors. Further, our country needs more doctors and hence, urgent measures have to be taken to establish more government medical colleges so that medical education is not commercialised,” he added.
The judge made the observations while disposing of a petition moved by Thamarai Selvam, who had obtained an MBBS from a college in West Indies, and had moved the petition since his application for provisional registration certificate was not considered by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council.
Seeks further details
However, even after disposing of the main prayer, the judge said that he intended to keep the petition alive in view of the general issue that it has raised. He then suo motu impleaded the MCI, the Union Health Ministry and the State Health Ministry as respondents to the petition.
He also directed the authorities to provide details, by April 10, as to the number of medical graduates from foreign medical colleges that have entered the profession in the past 10 years; whether or not the MCI is aware that students who score low marks are able to get admission in foreign medical institutions and get medical degrees; whether allowing such students to get medical degrees goes against the public interest; whether or not any minimum marks have been prescribed by the MCI for foreign medical universities; and which are the countries where Indian students with low marks usually obtain medical degrees.
“Only meritorious students should be allowed to enter the profession as the lives of the patients are with the prospective doctors. Further, our country needs more doctors and hence, urgent measures have to be taken to establish more government medical colleges so that medical education is not commercialised,” he added.
The judge made the observations while disposing of a petition moved by Thamarai Selvam, who had obtained an MBBS from a college in West Indies, and had moved the petition since his application for provisional registration certificate was not considered by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council.
Seeks further details
However, even after disposing of the main prayer, the judge said that he intended to keep the petition alive in view of the general issue that it has raised. He then suo motu impleaded the MCI, the Union Health Ministry and the State Health Ministry as respondents to the petition.
He also directed the authorities to provide details, by April 10, as to the number of medical graduates from foreign medical colleges that have entered the profession in the past 10 years; whether or not the MCI is aware that students who score low marks are able to get admission in foreign medical institutions and get medical degrees; whether allowing such students to get medical degrees goes against the public interest; whether or not any minimum marks have been prescribed by the MCI for foreign medical universities; and which are the countries where Indian students with low marks usually obtain medical degrees.
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