AP Medical Council files review plea in high court on grant of permanent registration to FMGs
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Vijayawada: Highlighting the importance of physical study of clinical courses by foreign medical graduates (FMGs) in their respective foreign medical institutions, the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Friday said it cannot be substituted by online study.
"Medical education is not confined to academic knowledge alone. It involves the cultivation of clinical skills and the capacity to make life-saving decisions, and any compromise in the standards of medical education can have far-reaching and potentially irreversible consequences for society at large," the NMC stated in a clarification to AP Medical Council (APMC), which was in response to the ongoing row over issuance of permanent registration certificates to FMGs.
The NMC sent a seven-page clarification in connection with the issuance of the permanent registration certificates for foreign medical graduates in Andhra Pradesh, while suggesting the APMC to file a review petition in the high court, seeking clarity in respect of two verdicts delivered by it in the matter of the period of internship to be done by the FMGs. APMC filed the review petition on Thursday.
"Complying with AP high court's order in granting permission for permanent registration to foreign medical graduates leads to arbitrary relaxation of the regulation norms prescribed for ensuring uniform standards of study by FMGs across the country, which defeats the objective of such regulation," the NMC observed.
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The high court, on Jul 9, directed APMC to grant permanent registration to a foreign medical graduate, identified as Katta Vamsi, within a month from the day of the judgement, even though the genuineness of the certificate of completion of his medical graduation in a Kyrgyzstan university was not confirmed by the Indian embassy in that country. In another verdict delivered by the court on Aug 4, the high court directed APMC to issue speaking orders in respect of four FMG petitioners in compliance with NMC norms in the matter of their plea for permanent registration.
"Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations and Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship Regulations, 2021, require one year of compulsory internship by FMGs in India after completion of medical graduation in respective foreign medical institutions through offline study in normal situations. Further, in view of the outbreak of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, NMC issued two public notices on Dec 7, 2023, and Jun 19, 2024, asserting that in addition to one year of compulsory internship, FMGs are required to complete one or two more years of clerkship in India to compensate for the period of stay in India as applicable based on passport entries of FMGs," the NMC clarification read.
"Regulatory guidelines and public notices issued from time to time in the matter of permanent registration for FMGs were aimed at ensuring that FMGs are equipped with all the skills for practising medicine in India, and they need to be strictly complied with. The compensation certificates issued by the respective foreign medical institutions should contain all details of academic and clinical courses studied by FMGs during the extended period of study in the respective countries, along with the duration.
In addition, the compensation certificates need to be authenticated by Indian embassies in respective countries," the NMC further clarified.
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