Ukraine returned medicos can't be accommodated to Indian medical colleges, says Centre
The Centre has said to the Supreme Court that there is no provision in the National Medical Commission act to allow accommodation of Ukraine returned medical students to Indian medical colleges.
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that Ukraine-returned medical students can not be accommodated in the Indian medical colleges as there is no such provision in the National Medical Commission act.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare submitted an affidavit in the top court in response to the batch of petitions seeking relief for Indian medical students who returned to India due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The affidavit stated that allowing such relaxation will hamper the standards of medical education in India, as reported by Live Law.
As per the Centre's affidavit, these students went abroad for medical studies mainly due to two reasons - poor merit and affordability. Allowing poor merit students in the Indian medical colleges will hamper the standards of education in India and also they won't be able to afford the fee structure in the Indian medical colleges.
"It is humbly submitted that in case these students with (a) Poor Merit are allowed admission in premier medical colleges in India by default, there may be several litigations from those desirous candidates who could not get seats in these colleges and have taken admission in either lesser known colleges or have been deprived of a seat in medical colleges. Further, in case of affordability, if these candidates are allocated Private Medical Colleges in India, they once again may not be able to afford the fees structure of the concerned institution", reads the affidavit.
"Any further relaxation in this regard, including the prayer seeking transfer of these returnee students to Medical colleges in India, would not only be dehors the provisions of Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 as well as the regulations made thereunder but would also seriously hamper the standards of medical education in the country" added Centre's affidavit.
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