news today 19.09.2023

 

NEWS TODAY 18.09.2023

 

Med degrees from many countries may be inconsequential after NMC's rule

Med degrees from many countries may be inconsequential after NMC's rule

TIMES OF EDUCATION

With the NMC update, internships awarded by medical universities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia will not be accepted in India

Puniti.Pandey @timesgroup.com

 
18.09.2023

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released an alert notifying MBBS students studying abroad that it will not accept the internship completed in most foreign medical colleges in CIS countries. As per the new notification, the student must finish the internship separately after the completion of the MBBS course. This notification has put the future of thousands of medical students at stake.

"The alert clarifies that integrated internship included within the undergraduate medical course of foreign universities is not valid and the internship is acceptable by NMC only when it is pursued after the completion of their MBBS course," says Anuj Goyal, career counsellor, "This will make medical education from many Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) irrelevant in In- dia. Medical universities in most of the CIS countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia have claimed that their six-year programme will include internship. With this fresh update from NMC, the internship awarded by these countries will not be accepted as a clinical internship. As these countries do not follow the structure of internship after completion of the course, the student will have to undergo a specialised residency programme."

This will also increase the overall duration of medical education in these countries further invalidating the course. As per the NMC guidelines, a student must complete the MBBS course in not more than 10 years. "Foreign MBBS aspirants are concerned that if they will spend seven to eight years abroad, then how will they complete their NEXT 1 exam, 12 months internship in India and NEXT 2 exam. If they are not able to pass through all the processes within 10 years, their degree will become automatically invalid," adds Goyal.

Clinical experience is imperative

As per NMC's previously released mandate, the criteria to recognise FMGS applying for a licence or permanent registration to practice in India require FMG students to undergo a course of theory, practical and clinical training equivalent to the MBBS in India. This means that the students should complete an internship of twelve months in addition to the course. The internship should be done in the same foreign institution where the primary medical qualification has been obtained along with hands on training in clinical subjects.

"On August 8, 2023, NMC also issued an alert warning Indian students seeking admission to foreign universities to ensure all the conditions of FMGL Regulation 2021 are met. The commission then cle-rly stated that any variation in the duration, medium of teaching, syllabus, clinical training, internship etc, from an overseas university would lead to disqualification. Students will solely be responsible for their decisions. Thousands of medical aspirants have already been admitted to foreign universities in the 2023 session and they are confused that if their university has any variation in their course compared to FMGL Regulations 2021 then it may lead to their disqualification to practice in India and will close the doors for them to come back to their own country.

It is imperative for NMC and health ministry to objectively analyse the current situation and take corrective action by educating medical aspirants," says Ravi Kaul, di- rector, Admission Advisors.

‘Free cancer treatment for UP staff’

‘Free cancer treatment for UP staff’ 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow : 

The government staff and their dependents can now avail free cancer treatment under Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rajya Karmchari Cashless Chikitsa Yojana at Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute and Hospital (KSSSCIH). Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday launched the facility at an event organized to commemorate the treatment of the 1000th patient under Ayushman Bharat at the institute. 

“The state government is committed to simplifying healthcare access for patients within the state, and introducing cashless facilities is yet another step in this endeavour,” said Pathak, who is also state’s health and medical education minister. Insisting that the lack of money will no longer be a hindrance in the treatment of cancer patients, Pathak said, “Ayushman Yojana has made the treatment of patients hassle free.” Institute’s director, Prof RK Dhiman, stated that the institute is making efforts to increase the admission capacity from 250 beds to 750 beds. “The number of beds will be increased in phases,” he said. Dr Devashish Shukla, medical superintendent of KSSSCIH, said, “Over the course of five months, we have provided treatment to 1000 Ayushman Bharat cardholders. The count of patients benefiting from various healthcare schemes is set to increase.”

NEWS TODAY 15.09.2023

 

HC questions NMC inspection of college during admissions

HC questions NMC inspection of college during admissions

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

15.09.2023

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat high court on Thursday slammed the National Medical Commission (NMC) for its inspection at

BK Shah Medical College & Research Centre at Sumandeep Vidyapeeth in Vadodara following an anonym ous complaint.

The court questioned the commission’s intention behind conducting the inspection during the admission process.

The NMC, after conducting the exercise, pointed out deficiencies in the operations of the hospital and medical college and slashed 100 medical seats, leaving 62 recently admitted students high and dry. So, Justice Nikhil Kariel suggested remedial measures and said that the medical college should deposit an amount and the NMC can carry out another inspection and point out deficiencies. He said the college should comply with the norms.

The NMC’s inspection report gav e a long list of deficiencies including private practice by the medical college’s faculty members and the hospital admitting fake patients to show occupancy and still falling short.

Accordingly, NMC deducted 100 seats which the college was allo wed to fill in addition to 150 seats. Since 62 students, admitted through the all-India quota, have been placed in the ‘nosafe’ zone by the Medical Co unselling Committee, they too have approached the HC. The judge called for a solution to the situation so that n o student in the ‘no safe’ zone has to give up his/her seat. After hearing the grievances of the college and the students, and the explanation of the admission committee, the HC questioned the NMC about the timing of the inspection . The judge said that by carrying out such an exercise on an anonymous complaint, the NMC itself appears to be derailing the admission process. “How many anonymous complaints do you receive? And how many such co mplaints are acted upon? I am telling

you to not take it to that extent. I am putting you on guard,” the judge told NIA’s counsel. Raising a question on the intent of the NMC, the court said, “If the last inspection was done properly, what action did you take against the earlier inspection committee? This means that they did not do their job properly.”

The court has posted further hearing of the matter on Friday