AIIMS to not provide Internship Opportunities to FMGs: NMC

National Medical Commission (NMC) requested all State Medical Councils to NOT allot any Foreign Medical Graduates in AIIMS for conduct of internship in India.

In the latest development regarding the issue of internship opportunities for Foreign Medical Graduates of India, National Medical Commission (NMC) has released a public notice and requested all State Medical Councils to NOT allot any Foreign Medical Graduates in AIIMS for conduct of internship in India.

NMC said that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) do not come under the purview of the National Medical Commission, and hence it shall be excluded from the list of institutes providing internship to the FMGs.

NMC's notification reads, "In reference to National Medical Commission's Public Notice dated 22.02.2023 wherein the updated state-wise list of recognized and approved Medical Colleges/Institutes along with number of FMG seats for Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI), was published, it is hereby informed that various representations/queries have been received in the Commission regarding the inclusion of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the said list for allotment to FMGs for their twelve months internship in India."

"The above matter has been deliberated in the Commission and it has been decided that All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) do not come under the purview of National Medical Commission. Hence, AIIMS Shall be excluded from the list published by the Commission vide above referred Public Notice."

A tweet reacting to the NMC's public notice reads, "@NMC_IND instead of finding solution for fmge internship they are decreasing seats for fmge and what about those are doing internship in like Aiims Bathinda ???"

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