FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA

Indian medical graduates who have studied in Nepal, Russia, Mauritius, Ukraine and China held a peaceful protest rally on Parliament Street here on Wednesday stating that the screening test that they have to pass to be able to work in India is too tough and of the post-graduate level.

Demanding that this be reviewed by a panel of experienced doctors, the protesting students said that over the years the standard of the exam had been raised to the post-graduate level which made it difficult for them to qualify.

The Medical Council of India had ordered the screening test for MBBS-level graduates who have obtained their medical graduate degrees from outside India and now want to practise in the country. We sought admission to different foreign medical universities for the simple reason that sufficient seats were not available in Indian medical colleges and private Indian colleges ask for high capitation fees besides the money required for completion of the basic course, said one of students participating in the protest. Many other students complained that there was no transparency on the part of the National Board of Examinations regarding the screening exam and its standard. We doctors return to India with a vision to serve the country unlike the graduates from our own country who graduate from premier Indian institutions and render their services to the more developed countries, said one protester.

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[salisane]

Looks like you are one of the people who are creating the exam for students. Thats the way great Indian ego works.

[arvindanand2005]

want to serve indians ? do learn some basics first and then indulge in treating them...without any clinical or basic knowledge..u cant become doctors in this country...

[Jake70o]

we dont have to work in INDIA..

[brusmani]

Well done!