NEET PG 2023: NMC may reconsider internship completion deadline

After the doctors' demand for postponement of the internship completion deadline for NEET PG 2023 which was mentioned as March 31, 2023, in the bulletin, the reports suggest that the NMC might reconsider it.

As per the reports, the National Medical Commission (NMC) is reconsidering the last date to complete the internship for NEET PG 2023.

"Once they indicate a change we will re-issue the NEET PG bulletin," said a senior official of the National Board of Examinations (NBE), as reported by The Hindu.

"We will not take any step which is detrimental to the future of the MBBS students," said a senior official of the NMC.

After the bulletin for NEET PG 2023 was released recently, the doctors' associations raised this issue and also wrote to the Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya that the deadline will render nearly 40,000 to 50,000 MBBS students ineligible for the exams. The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) had said that due to this, more than 50% of interns will be ineligible and their careers will be at stake.

"This is especially devastating for interns in states such as Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and many others, who have been altogether disqualified under this new rule as most of the states currently have interns who will attain their completion after the aforementioned date," reads FORDA INDIA's letter.

NEET PG 2023 is all set to be held on March 5, 2023, on a Computer Based Platform at various test centres across the country. The registration commenced on January 7, 2023, from 3 pm onwards and it will continue till January 27, 2023. The NEET PG 2023 result will be announced by March 31, 2023.

Read more:

• FORDA calls for postponement of NEET PG 2023 internship completion deadline
• NEET PG 2023: Registration begins today at 3 pm