FORDA urges permanent registration for FMGE passouts

FORDA alleged that there is a huge disparity in granting permanent registration to FMGE candidates post-internship. Deserving students face bullying from state medical councils. 

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has urged the union health minister for permanent registration of FMGE passouts.

FORDA said that the government recognised the unique circumstances faced by the thousands of Indian medical students who returned to India including those FMGs who had major deficiencies in attendance. The government, recognizing the unique circumstances faced by these students found a solution through the notice dated July 28, 2022.

Despite the government's proactive measures, confusion has arisen among various state medical councils regarding the interpretation and implementation of this notice. While some state medical councils including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Rajasthan, and West Bengal have issued permanent registration to FMG graduates from the 2015 and 2016 batches who returned to India due to Covid -19 in 2020 and completed their online classes, other state medical councils such as Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have withheld or denied permanent registration, said FORDA's letter.

The Association demanded allowing foreign medical graduates who passed the FMGE before the issuance of the notice dated July 28 to obtain their permanent state registration, excluding students who were already undergoing their internship or had already completed their internship from the purview of this noitce, as their hospitals and provisional certificates were based on the previous guidelines, and providing clarity and guidance to all state medical councils to ensure consistent and fair treatment of FMG graduates across the country.

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