In a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Singh Deo expressed concern about the future of these students.
Absorb students returning from Ukraine in Indian medical colleges: Chhattisgarh Health Minister to govt
Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo has urged the Union government to allow the students who are coming back from war-torn Ukraine to enroll in the medical colleges in the country after appearing and clearing a test. In a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Singh Deo expressed concern about the future of these students.
“In view of the current situation, it is uncertain when normalcy will return to Ukraine. A large number of students from Chhattisgarh and other states who are pursuing medical courses there have been returning home and are worried over their further studies. Even their parents who have spent hard-earned money on their education are concerned,” Singh Deo said.
“I personally feel that if these students are absorbed in medical colleges in the country through a prescribed procedure, they would happily accept it," the letter said.
The students who complete medical education in foreign countries undergo a test to qualify as doctors in India, and such a procedure should be adopted in the case of those who are returning from Ukraine with their education incomplete, Singh Deo said. Additional seats can be created in medical colleges to absorb the students who clear such a test, the minister said.
Meanwhile, a video of Indian students from the Ukrainian city of Sumy is doing rounds on social media in which they have urged officials to help them evacuate as it sees a rise in hostilities. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi briefing media in New Delhi said: “We are concerned about Sumy.” Sumy’s situation is dangerous due to continuous fights as well as attacks and it is also disconnected from other parts of Ukraine.
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