Question mark over integration of Ukraine returnee medical students

NMC has allowed graduates back from Ukraine to complete internships in India, but more concessions will require tweaks in the Act

Medical students who have returned from Ukraine stare at uncertainty vis-à-vis their assimilation into the Indian education system, despite the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) recent decision to allow those who have graduated abroad to complete internships in their home country.

For now, the NMC has asked state medical councils to process the completion of internships of these candidates provided they have cleared the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE). The FMGE is a licentiate examination conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) as one of the mandatory requirements for Indian citizens with an overseas medical degree to practise medicine in India.

However,