Ukraine returned medicos sit on hunger strike to demand admission to Indian colleges

Ukraine returned medical students staged a protest at Jantar Mantar and sat on a hunger strike to demand admissions to Indian colleges.

While many countries have offered to accommodate Ukraine-returned Indian medical students to their colleges, the medicos are demanding to get admission to Indian colleges as a one-time measure. These students sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Sunday and urged the government to intervene in this matter.

Parents' Association of Ukraine Medical Students (PAUMS) president RB Gupta said, "We also held a march at Jantar Mantar. We want the government's help in accommodating our children. My child was studying for the second year in Ivano (Ukrainian city). We are only requesting the government that these children be accommodated as a one-time measure," as reported by DNA India.

Parents of Ukraine returned medicos wrote to PM Modi

The Parents' Association has written a letter to PM Modi that reads, "There are 15,000-16,000 (approx.), medical students, out of which around 3,000 are in the final year for whom the NMC (National Medical Commission) has permitted them to complete their internship in India, which is a breath of relief. Now, this leaves us with 12,000 approx. Students to be given admission. There are around 606 medical colleges in India, which means each college will have to accommodate only 20-21 students."

Hyderabad Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik also wrote to PM Modi and requested to help these students in continuing their education in India. Indian Medical Association has also recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that these students must be accommodated in Indian colleges for completing the remaining part of their MBBS course.

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