Maharashtra govt to study medical education fee in Ukraine, Russia

Maharashtra Medical Education & Cultural Affairs Minister Amit Deshmukh has said that the state government has taken note of fee structures for medical education in Ukraine and Russia and trying to see if such facilities can be provided here.

After one Indian medical student has died amid the ongoing Russia and Ukraine war and scores of medical students got stranded there and struggling to come back to their homeland, the issue has come to the light that Indian students are opting to study medicine abroad due to affordable fees in these countries.

Maharashtra Medical Education & Cultural Affairs Minister Amit Deshmukh has said that the state government has noted this and has instructed the concerned officials to read the fee structure of the medical colleges of Ukraine and Russia and see it is feasible to provide such facilities here in Maharashtra.

"The government has taken note of the fees for medical education in Russia and Ukraine. We shall study the reasons why these students are going abroad," he said.

"Some work needs to be done to ensure that students planning to go abroad can get those facilities here. Centre and state governments can work on this together," he added, as reported by the Hindustan Times.

Affordable medical education abroad attracts Indian students

The war between Russia and Ukraine has highlighted that many Indian students are going abroad to study medicine. The father of the Indian medical student who died in Ukraine has also said that medical education is affordable there and it is also easier to get a medical seat. However, in this time of pandemic and war, many Indian students who were studying medicine from China and Ukraine are finding their future uncertain.

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