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From The Hindu, June 10, 1975: Govt. considering action on U.K. restrictions on Indian doctors
New Delhi, June 9: The Health Ministry is expected to come out soon with the steps proposed to be taken in the wake of the decision of the General Medical Council of Britain to place curbs on registration of Indian doctors.
The Director-General of Health Services, Dr. J.P. Shrivatsava, to-day had a meeting with the Secretary of the Medical Council of India, Dr. Krishnan, and representatives of the Indian Medical Association and discussed the various issues arising from the British decision.
Dr. Shrivatsava, who had met the Indian High Commissioner and Indian doctors in London on his way back home from Geneva after attending the WHO session last week, is reported to have apprised the meeting to-day of his talks in London.
Although the British Medical Council has attributed its decision to its inability to monitor the standard of medical education in India, the feeling in official circles here is that the decision is motivated by a desire to reduce the number of overseas doctors, particularly from non-European countries.
