NMC revokes order on MBBS graduate' internship

MUMBAI: The

National Medical Commission

(NMC) has withdrawn an order passed on May 10 restricting

MBBS

graduates from private medical colleges to pursue their internship from government colleges and vice-versa, which was contrary to their earlier directive issued on March 31. The advisory dated May 10 had created confusion among graduates who had already started the procedure to register themselves with colleges.


The March 31 advisory issued by the NMC had allowed graduates to intern from any NMC-approved medical college. An official from one of the government colleges said, “In the May 10 order, however, they said internship should be completed in medical colleges where the students graduated. Additionally, they said that mutual transfer of internship is possible under exceptional situations only between government colleges or only between private colleges and that no interns can exchange between private and government colleges or vice-versa.”

An official from the

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

(MUHS) said that they got a mail withdrawing the May 10 advisory on Wednesday evening.

Simran Kapoor, an MBBS graduate, said that if all the students are graduating from colleges affiliated to MUHS and are taking the same exam, there should not be any discrimination after they graduate, especially when we are in a pandemic and government hospitals need more doctors. Students should be allowed to take up internships closer home, based on the requirement.