New Delhi: FMG Internship Programme Update

Following the National Medical Commission relief for Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) to get enrolled in the internship programme at non-teaching hospitals, the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has now released a list of recognised institutes with an intake capacity of 587 Internship seats for the medical graduates from abroad.

Issuing a public notice in this regard, DMC mentioned, "This is for the attention of all Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) applying for Internship to the Delhi Medical Council, for allocation of Internship Rotations in stand-alone PG Institutes imparting DNB Training under DNB-PDCET, in NCT of Delhi, as per directives of the National Medical Commission (circular dated 09/05/2023)."

According to the data shared by DMC regarding the list of recognised institutes for internship, altogether 432 internship seats are available at five Government Hospitals.

• Hindu Rao Hospital: 150 seats
• DDU Hospital: 142 seats
• ESI Hospital, Basaidarapur: 70 seats
• Northern Railway Hospital: 40 seats
• RML Hospital, New Delhi: 30 seats

In case of private hospitals, altogether 155 seats are available for the FMGs to get enrolled in the Internship Programme. Among these:

• Batra Hospital: 20 seats
• BLK Kapoor Hospital: 25 seats
• Holy Family Hospital: 40 seats
• Jaipur Golden: 20 seats
• Sir Ganga Ram Hospital: 30 seats
• St. Stephen Hospital: 20 seats

While announcing the list, DMC further clarified in the notice, "They are hereby informed that they will not be eligible for any stipend during internships in any of these institutes."

"The process of allocation of seats will be through Delhi Medical Council," the notice dated May 16, 2023 further mentioned.

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It is mandatory for Foreign Medical Graduates to clear the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) and then fulfill the requirement of Internship as mandated by NMC. Only after that, the FMGs are given registration to practice in India.

However, it was earlier reported that around 2,000 FMG doctors are facing the issue. In case of Rajasthan alone, only around 30 percent of the total students, who cleared the mandatory FMGE test in January have secured a seat for Internship.

Earlier, Rajasthan Medical Council only held counselling for filling only 399 seats while the state almost has approximately 2,000 FMG internship seats. 966 of the 1,365 exam-qualified candidates are still waiting for an internship seat. In Haryana, around 40 students are yet to get an internship seat, sources informed.

Students were not certain about the number of available seats in several States and even after three months of the FMGE results, many states across India have not yet commenced the counselling process.

Finally, NMC issued a circular addressing the concerns of the FMGs regarding several issues including validation for Online study by Commission, applicability of NMC Public notice dated 28.07.2022 on FMGs, requirement of Domicile by FMGs for internship, completion of Internship by FMGs in parts at hospitals and medical colleges, issue concerning payment of stipend to FMGs among others.

Offering one-time relaxation to the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) who were facing difficulties to join the mandatory internship programme in India due to the limited number of seats in the medical colleges, the NMC has now allowed them to get enrolled at the non-teaching hospitals for this purpose.

In the recent circular, the president of the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of NMC has validated the list of 679 Recognized Non-Teaching Hospitals for Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship issued by the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) for a period of one year up to May 2024, for the conduct of Internships of medical graduates from abroad only.

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