Showing posts with label FMGs. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

MBBS : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Foreign Medical Graduates' Plea Seeking Payment Of Stipend

MBBS : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Foreign Medical Graduates' Plea Seeking Payment Of Stipend

Gyanvi Khanna


23 Jan 2024 2:30 PM

In a writ petition filed by the foreign medical graduates (FMGs) challenging non-payment of stipend to them, the Supreme Court issued notice today (on January 23).

The plea filed by the students, who are currently undergoing internship at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, was placed before Justices B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta.

The petition is tagged with Abhishek Yadav & Ors. vs. Army Medical College & Ors. (W.P. (C) No. 730/2022). This case pertains to a plea in which 70 percent of medical colleges do not pay any stipend or are not paying the minimum set stipend to doctors doing MBBS internships. Therein, the Court directed the Army College of Medical Sciences to pay a stipend (of Rs. 25000) to the interns doing their compulsory one-year internship.

Contents Of The Instant Petition

At the outset, the petition has placed its reliance upon circulars dated 4th March 2022 and 19th May 2022 issued by the NMC. The petitioner states that as per this circular, the stipend to the FMGs should be extended equivalent to Indian Medical Graduates

The plea goes on to state that a notice was issued by the Government Medical Education Department, Madhya Pradesh, to the Commissioner of Medical Education, Bhopal, which inter alia provided that a stipend of Rs. 12760/- should be paid to the interns with effect from 01.04.2022.

Pertinently, the internship of the Petitioners commenced on 01.04.2023. The batch comprising 69 students was paid a stipend of only Rs. 12760/-for two months. However, after two months, the students have not been paid a stipend since June 2023.

“The students raised several grievances before different authorities, however, till date the same is not addressed.,” the petitioners added.

It is also contended that the above act of not paying the stipend is unjust, arbitrary, and non-justifiable as, among others, it creates an artificial divide between the students from other colleges who are getting stipends.

“In other States including Assam, the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) are getting stipend. It is a case of severe harassment if the FMGs are not paid stipend for the duty rendered by them. The same is also violative of the natural justice principles as it severely. sacrifices the basic rights of the FMGs.”

Moving forward, the plea also strengthens from Abhishek Yadav & Ors. vs. Army Medical College & Ors. One may note that, in this matter, the Supreme Court expressed grave concerns regarding the non-payment of stipends to MBBS interns, likening the situation to "bonded labor."

“Since this Hon'ble Court has taken cognizance of the situation in a similar writ petition filed in the case of Abhishek Yadav (supra) and it is recorded in order dated 15.09.2023 that 70% of the other medical colleges are also not paying stipend, the Petitioners are filing the present writ petition to bring to the kind notice of this Hon'ble Court such similar instances. That the Petitioners are, inter alia seeking issuance of a writ of Mandamus, or any appropriate writ, order or direction to the Respondents…,” the plea states

In view of this, inter-alia, a direction is sought against the respondent to provide a regular monthly stipend to the Petitioners and certain other students for the entire period of their internship (which commenced on 01.04.2023).

Advocate-on-Record Charu Mathur and advocate Tanvi Dubey represent the petitioners.

Case Title: SAJITH S L vs. ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, VIDISHA., Diary No.- 53064 - 2023

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

FMGE Fake Registration Scam. CBI finds 20 fake FMGE certificates from Assam Medical Council. Two from Haryana and Maharashtra Medical Council.


FMGE Fake Registration Scam. CBI finds 20 fake FMGE certificates from Assam Medical Council. Two from Haryana and Maharashtra Medical Council.

31.12.2022

Medical Dialogues

A day after day CBI conducted a search operation at 91 locations across the country in connection with allegations of irregularities in the registration of fmg graduates with State Medical councils who were allowed to practice in India without qualifying for a mandatory test the agency has found 28 more graduates who had obtained fake certificates from various State Medical Council.

Of the same 20 graduates have been caught in Assam 2 in Maharashtra and 6 in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

While conductin g the search in Assam, the CBA have discovered several incriminating documents including fack certificates of the FMGE from the houses of the 20 graduates having an Assam Medical Council seal. Similarly 2 Medicos were caught from Maharashtra.

Six doctors from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have also come under this scanner for allegedly possessing fack foreign medical graduate examination documents.

This comes after the agency registered an FIR against 14 State medical councils and 73 foreign medical graduates who were allowed to practice medicine in India without qualifying for the mandatory FM GE. The CBI has conducted searches at around 91 locations including Delhi Chandigarh Amritsar Gurdaspur Bhatinda Khanna Karnal Sawai Madhopur Narwana Hamirpur Shimla Jammu, Srinagar Dehradun Ghaziabad Guwahati Tezpur Imphal Sikkim Rajpur Patna Munger Mumbai Jaipur Sikar Vijayawada Warangal Tirunelveli Madurai Bhopal Nagpur Buldana Pine Jalgaon Dharbhanga Champaran Begusarai Bokaro Vizag Hajipur Vaishali Nalanda etc at the premises of certain medical councils as well as foreign medical graduates which led to the recovery of several incriminating documents including fack past certificates of FMG examination CBI stated.

Following the raids 20 facts certificates carrying the seal of Assam Medical Council were recovered while two such certificate were carrying the seal of Haryana Medical Council and the Maharashtra Medical Council respectively.

According to norms a FMG qualify must qualify test conducted by the national board of examination in order to get provisional or permanent registration with the National Medical Commission or a State Medical Council to practice medicine in India.

The sources send NBE sends it's result to candidates as well as councils.

The National Board of Examination had intimated The Ministry of Health that 73 such medical graduates who did their MBBS from foreign countries such as Russia Ukraine China and Nigeria during 2011-12 have not qualified its examination and yet got registration from various State Medical councils.
When fake eligibility certificates were produced by these candidates Medical Council could have verified it from the results directly sent to them by NBE
they said

On the other hand the agent has found two more doctors in Vidarbha 1 each in Nagpur and Buldana while conducting their search in Maharashtra both doctors are reported to have procured fack registration certificate from Maharashtra and Haryana Medical Council respectively.

During the investigation the agency found that the doctor from Nagpur failed in FMGE test conducted in India after completing its MD physician course from Kuban State Medical University Russia in 2020 The Live Nagpur reports.

The information was revealed after CBI raided their house as part of the investigation. However in the case of the doctor from Buldhana the failed FMGE after completing his medical course at the Jilin University of China in 2015.

Although many cases have been brought to light so far more are expected to emerge in the future

Sunday, January 1, 2023

CBI finds two foreign doctors in Nagpur, Buldana with fake registration

December 30, 2022

CBI finds two foreign doctors in Nagpur, Buldana with fake registration

 December 30.12.2022
 The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted raids at 91 locations in India to find out irregularities in registration of medical graduates returning from foreign countries and starting practice without following proper procedure. The issue probably cropped up following the Russia-Ukraine war. A large number of medical students returned from there.

The CBI suspected fake  certificates for these unqualified doctors and raided regional offices of the Medical Council of India. Two of the fake doctors were found in Vidarbha, one each in Nagpur and Buldana, The CBI sleuths found several incriminating documents from these Foreign Medical Graduates (?), including fake Pass Certificates.

The CBI raided the house of Dr Chetan Chaitpure in Nagpur and Dr Vinayak Magar in Mehkar, Buldana in this connection. Chetan finished MD Physician course from Kuban State Medical University, Russia in 2020, but failed in FMGE test conducted in India. He procured a fake registration certificate from Haryana Medical Council. Vinayak did MBBS from the Jilin University of China in 2015m but failed in FMGE, He procured a fake registration certificate from Maharashtra Medical Council.

With CBI carrying out search for fake registration, more such cases are expected to come out in the near future.


Friday, November 25, 2022

Foreign medical graduates in Tamil Nadu to receive Rs 25,000 stipend during CRRI, says GO

Foreign medical graduates in Tamil Nadu to receive Rs 25,000 stipend during CRRI, says GO

Financial concerns of the government prevented the state from waving off the joining fee of Rs 2 lakh


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Here’s some good news for the foreign medical graduates in Tamil Nadu waiting to complete their Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) as the state government has released the order on November 22, 2022, for the fee waiver. The state government complied with the demands put forth by the FMGs. The order dated November 22, stated that, “...all the Foreign Medical Graduates/Indian Medical graduates pursuing Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship shall be paid with the stipend at the rate of Rs 25,270/- per month during the year 2022-2023. There will be an automatic 3% annual increase in subsequent years for Foreign Medical Graduates similar to the regular Compulsory Medical Rotatory Internships.” Since two lakh joining fees couldn’t be waived off by the government, the notice also stated, “If the aspiring Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship trainee is not able to pay…Rs 2,00,00 upfront…charges shall be deducted from their stipend in 12 instalments…”

In a meeting held on November 21 with the FMGs; Dr Senthil Kumar, Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Medical Students’ Association (TNMSA) and Tamil Nadu's Principal Secretary of Health & Family Welfare, P Senthil Kumar IAS, the state government had promised that the government order would be published within the week following several protests. The state government adhered to its assurance and met most of the demands made by the FMGs.

Demand fulfilled

The university fees have been reduced to Rs 29,000 which previously used to be Rs 3.54 lakh. Earlier, there was no stipend but now, a stipend of Rs 25,750 will be given to the FMGs doing their CRRI. The joining fee of Rs 2 lakh has not been waived off by the government owing to genuine financial reasons.

Dr Senthil Kumar said, “They could not get approval for the fees of Rs 2 lakh for genuine financial reasons and for medical graduates who will be unable to pay the fees, Rs 18,000 from the monthly stipend of Rs 27,750 will be deducted for 12 months.” This means that FMGs who cannot pay Rs 2 lakh as fees will receive Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 as their monthly stipend. Dr Kumar also added, “Even though all our demands were not met, we are still satisfied with the government’s order.”

Let’s refresh

In order to finish their CRRI at government medical institutes, FMGs had to pay Rs 2 lakh in fees for a no-objection certificate. The National Medical Commission, however, published guidelines for the registration of Foreign Medical Graduates on March 4, 2022, making it clear that they cannot be charged for their CRRI training and that they will also receive the same stipend and other benefits as Indian medical graduates. The decision helped the FMGs since it reduced the load on those FMGs who did not receive compensation for their labour. The Tamil Nadu government announced a 90% deduction in the fees in response to the notice issued by the NMC, however, until now, the state government did not issue any official order.

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Ukraine returned medical students: Working on court’s suggestions, Centre to Supreme Court


Ukraine returned medical students: Working on court’s suggestions, Centre to Supreme Court

SC had suggested that a web portal should specify complete details of the fees and the number of seats available in alternative foreign universities

Updated At: Sep 23, 2022 04:12 PM (IST)

PTI

New Delhi, September 23

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that they are working on the suggestions given by the court to assist medical students who have returned to India from Ukraine in view of the war with Russia.

The apex court had on September 16 suggested that the Centre assist these medical students by creating a web portal giving details of the foreign universities, where they could complete their courses as per the government's academic mobility programme.

The counsel appearing for the Centre told the top court on Friday that they have written to the secretaries of the ministries of external affairs as well as health on the issue.

“In terms of the last order, we have written to the secretaries of MEA (ministry of external affairs) as well as Health. Our instruction is that they are on it,” the counsel told a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia.

The counsel further said that in the last hearing, the apex court had indicated that a website can be made where information can be put so that there is clarity.

“We are on it," the lawyer said, adding, “It is taken up with utmost priority.” The top court posted the matter for hearing on October 11.

When one of the advocates said that final-year medical students can be permitted to take online education, the bench observed, "We are not saying anything. We will pass a comprehensive order".

At the outset, one of the advocates, appearing for some of the students, said several states have written to the Centre on the issue.

Arguing that around 13,000 medical students are affected, the lawyer said the Centre and the National Medical Commission should talk to these states.

On September 16, the apex court said there should be a transparent system and the web portal should specify complete details of the fees and the number of seats available in alternative foreign universities from where these students could complete their courses.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, had sought time to get instruction from the government on the suggestions of the bench.

The top court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by students, who are undergraduate medical students of first to fourth-year batches in their respective foreign medical colleges/universities.

These students are primarily seeking transfer to medical colleges in India in their respective semesters.The Centre, in its affidavit filed last week in the matter, had said they (students) cannot be accommodated in medical colleges here for lack of provisions under the law and till now, no permission has been given by the National Medical Commission (NMC) to transfer or accommodate any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute/University.

It, however, had said that to aid and assist such returnee students who could not complete their MBBS courses in Ukraine, NMC in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs has issued a public notice dated September 6, 2022 (academic mobility programme), indicating that NMC would accept completion of their remaining courses in other countries (with the approval of parent university/Institution in Ukraine).

The government had said that after such completion of their remaining courses, the certificate, of course, completion/degree is expected to be issued by the parent institutions in Ukraine.

Saturday, September 17, 2022

SC to govt: Create portal with admission info to help Ukraine students


SC to govt: Create portal with admission info to help Ukraine students

AmitAnand.Choudhary@timesgroup.com New Delhi 

As the Centre agreed to facilitate Ukrainereturned medical students to resume and complete their course from medical colleges of other countries which are recognised by Ukrainian universities, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to a create a portal and provide all information on seats available and procedure to take admission there to complete the remaining part of their course. Appearing before a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia, solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted that it was not possible to admit the students in medical schools here but they can pursue their course from other countries and the government had talked with concerned authorities from Ukraine and other countries and the students would be able to complete their courses there and get their degrees.

Mehta said that as per the government’s academic mobility programme, these students can pursue the education from 29 countries including Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Georgia, Kazakhstan as their medical education was compatible with Ukraine university. He said that studentswould be allowed to pursue their education there during the conflict. The bench then said that it would be better if the government provided all the information regarding its academic mobility programme to the students by creating a portal as there are around 20,000 affected students.

The court said that it would make the process transparent and students could apply for admission as per their choice. It asked the solicitor general to talk to the concerned authority and brief the court on September 23. The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by affected students pleading the court to intervene to protect their interest as they could not go back to the war-torn country to complete the course.

The Centre, however, clearly told the court 20,000 students could not be accommodated in the country.

Friday, September 16, 2022

UKRAINE RETURNEE MEDICOS


 

Can’t give MBBS students from Ukraine seats in India: Govt

 Can’t give MBBS students from Ukraine seats in India: Govt 

TNN | Sep 16, 2022, 02.29 AM IST 


 NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that Indian students pursuing MBBS in Ukraine whose studies were disrupted because of war and subsequent evacuation would not be admitted to medical colleges in India as that would amount to giving ‘backdoor entry’ to less meritorious students.

It carved out an exception for final-year MBBS students and said, “Indian students who were in the last year of their undergraduate medicine courses and had to leave their foreign medical institutions due to Covid-19 or the Russia-Ukraine conflict and subsequently completed their studies to get completion certificate from their respective institutions on or before June 30 have been permitted to appear in Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).”

It said on clearing FMGE, the students would have to undergo Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship for a period of two years in India to make up for the clinical training that they could not attend during the undergraduate medicine course in foreign institutes as also to familiarise themselves with the practice of medicine under Indian conditions.

A bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta, on request from counsel Swati Ghildiyal, agreed to postpone hearing in the matter by a day to Friday. Congratulations! 9/16/22, 7:13 AM Can’t give MBBS students from Ukraine seats in India: Govt - Times of India

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cant-give-mbbs-students-from-ukraine-seats-in-india-govt/articleshowprint/94232809.cms 2/3 You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result Refuting the petitioners’ allegation that candidates with ‘zero’ score in NEET-UG have got admission to private medical colleges, the Centre said that only those who had scored more than 50 percentile marks in NEET, conducted since 2018, were eligible for admission in Indian medical institutions. It said that these students had gone to foreign countries because of their poor NEET scores and the affordability of education in those countries.

Admitting these students would “seriously hamper the standards of medical education”, it said. “In case these students with poor merit are allowed admission in premier medical colleges by default, there may be litigation from those desirous students who could not get admission because of poor NEET scores,” it added.

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Ukraine univs ask students seeking transfer to return for their documents


Ukraine univs ask students seeking transfer to return for their documents

Some Universities Unwilling To Allow A Transfer Say ‘Return To Class’

Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com

Mumbai : The impasse for medical students who returned from Ukraine seems unending. While Indian authorities have permitted them temporary academic mobility to med schools anywhere around the world, their primary university in the host country is refusing to part with original certificates and papers unless some conditions are met — they have asked candidates to come back to war-torn Ukraine to complete formalities for collection of documents.

Several Ukrainian university deans have intimated students that unless they return books borrowed from the library and hand over hostel linen, their original documents will not be released. Most students contend that they left everything behind in their hostels while evacuating in February. Universities in the western region, like Uzhhorod National Medical University and Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University are, in fact, asking students to return to class on the campus, stating that it is all safe there. They are refusing to even allow a transfer. Urvisha Lalwani, who enrolled at Zaporizhia State Medical University, has now hired a local Ukrainian agent to ferry her documents to the Poland border from where they will be shipped to India.

“It is so stressful. Despite nominating the agent to act on my behalf, the university has not released my documents. Without the transcripts, I cannot take admission in any other university,” she said. Like her, many have hired local agents and paid them $500-$800 to get the work done. Umesh Gurjar, who counsels students keen to pursue medicine abroad, said the process of getting documents back is lengthy and may come in the way of re-admissions because most European medical schools began their academic year on September 1.

“The Indian consulate must take this matter up and get the documents back for students,” said Gurjar. On September 5, the National Medical Commission had permitted Indian medical students studying in Ukraine to transfer to any other university in the world. This would have come as muchneeded relief to around 18,000 students whose careers have been in limbo ever since the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. The NMC notification said it agreed to a “temporary” relocation to other universities around the globe. “The academic mobility programme is a temporary relocation to other universities in different countries globally. However, the degree will be awarded by the parent Ukrainian university,” said the notification. TOIhad reported in March thatmedical schools from across the world had reached out to foreign medical aspirants who were in Ukraine as well as counsellors based in India and offered them admissions on their campuses.

At no additional cost and without an entrance exam, these candidates were promised seats in medical schools. Assistance for transfer had come from institutes in Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus and Poland. Ukrainian universities had started online lectures, but with no end in sight to the war, students needed to move to institutes where practical sessions are held. But it seems the NMC notification has come a bit late in the day.

Getting documents from institutes like the National University of Kharkiv is proving to be almost impossible. “There is no water or power. All documents like the original class XII marks cards, credit logs, etc are in buildings that have no power. Once electricity is 9/15/22, 7:06 AM about:blank about:blank 2/2 restored, they will transfer the documents to the other university where the student will take admission. But all this is going to take time,” said consultant Madhukant Kaushik.

Monday, September 5, 2022

Transfer to another varsity remains only option for Medical students from Ukraine


Transfer to another varsity remains only option for Medical students from Ukraine

Astha.Hemant@timesgroup.com

The National Medical Council (NMC) has refused to recognise the ‘mobility programme’ being offered by Ukraine to Indian medical students, under which students could opt to study at another university for a few semesters. Apart from its refusal, NMC has also specified that there is no provision for these students to be accommodated in Indian universities. Also, NMC will not recognise online classes as a medium of imparting instruction to Medical students. There is no way for the NMC to guarantee authenticity of quality of education offered under the mobility programme, which may have led to the decision. Thus, taking a transfer to any other foreign medical university remains the only option for eligible students as of now.

No authenticity yet A senior official from the Ministry of Health, Government of India, on the condition of anonymity, says, “In India, the NMC visits and checks every new medical institute before it is approved. Despite this, we get complaints from students regarding quality of education being imparted at few colleges. The NMC is not aware of the kind of education that will be imparted under a provision such as the ‘mobility programme’, which may have led to its decision. ” While the government is sympathetic towards the unfortunate situation of medical students in Ukraine, it is not possible for NMC to compromise on the quality of medical professionals and the health of patients in the future.

“The same reason is also valid for not accepting an online mode of education for Medicine,” adds the official. Options for students While few private universities have offered Indian students the option of a mobility programme, some others have asked us to relocate to their campuses in other countries, says Smriti Sharma, fourth year student of Kyiv Medical University, Ukraine. “My university has opened a new campus in Poland, and I have taken admission for my next semester there. However, the situation remains uncertain for many as taking a transfer poses various issues,” she says. Taking a transfer generally means a higher fees structure, which many students cannot afford. “NMC has also specified that under Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations, that came into effect in November 2021, students have to complete their education and internship from the same foreign university without any transfer.

Thus, students whose classes have started after November 18, 2021 are not eligible to take a transfer as well,” says Smriti. Further, students in their final year of education are hesitant to take a transfer. Shivani Choudhary, a medical student who has just received her degree from Uzzhorod National University, Ukraine, says, “In my University, most students in their fourth and fifth years have started proceedings to get a transfer. However, final year students have written to the NMC and are waiting for better clarity in the matter as they do not want to jeopardise their education. ” Since education over the last two years has been adversely affected, Shivani will also have to go through two compulsory years of internship before she can practice in India.

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Monday, August 29, 2022

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