New Delhi: Pointing out the plights of foreign medical graduates (FMGs), especially delay in achieving their academic goals, the Foreign Medical Students Wing of the All India Medical Students .
Medical students suspend studies to help in COVID crisis
As India this week passed a grim milestone of more than 20 million COVID-19 cases and a record 3,600 deaths officially recorded in one day, the Indian government said medical students in their final year, doctors preparing for postgraduate exams and hospital interns can be deployed for COVID duties.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on 3 May said medical students could be brought into service for teleconsultations and monitoring of mild COVID cases after orientation under faculty supervision. Medical interns would also be brought into service under faculty supervision.
As an added incentive, the PMO said medical personnel completing 100 days of COVID duties will have priority in future regular government recruitment.