Tamil Nadu slashes fee for medical internship NOC by 90%

Tamil Nadu slashes fee for medical internship NOC by 90%

TNN | Feb 25, 2022, 04.19 PM IST

CHENNAI: The fee paid by foreign medical graduates for no-objection certificates to do their internships in government medical colleges the in Tamil Nadu has been slashed by more than 90% from Rs 3.54 lakh to Rs 29,400, state health minister Ma Subramanian said on Friday.

Foreign medical graduates are mandated to do their CRRI (compulsory rotatory residential internship) training after clearing a national level examination. For this, the graduates had to pay Rs 3.54 lakh to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University to obtain a no-objection certificate. Apart from this, they had to pay Rs 2 lakh to the respective medical colleges.

“Based on the repeated requests from students’ association and groups, the cost for no objection certificate has been reduced to Rs 29,400,” Subramanian said. Now, students will pay Rs 29,400 to the university and Rs 2 lakh to the government medical college. The colleges will deposit Rs 1 lakh to the state’s treasury and use the remaining funds for hospital development.

Most students go abroad for medical graduation because they may not be able to afford medical education within the country. Students’ groups urged the government to reduce fee they are mandated to pay for internship. “After considering the request and consulting with the CM, we have decided to slash the price,” he said.