Final-year medical students from China and Ukraine, who returned to India owing to the Covid-19 pandemic or the China-Ukraine war, now appear for Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) – a screening test that foreign medical students have to clear to practise in the country. Only students who have completed the courses and have been granted a certificate of completion on or
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has provided a major relief to the students hit by the Russia-Ukraine war and COVID-19 by deciding to grant relaxation to medical graduates who have completed their MBBS course from foreign colleges without undergoing clinical training.
The National Medical Commission sent a notice informing Indian students who were in the last year of their undergraduate course that (due to COVID19, Russia-Ukraine war returned to India) and also have subsequently completed their studies can appear for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination. They also need to undergo a Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship for period of two years. The Foreign Medical Students will be eligible to get registration only after completing CMRI for two years.