The National Medical Commission (NMC) has warned medical college hospitals against charging fee from Indian and foreign medical graduates for their internship programmes. They have been told that non-payment of stipend is not acceptable as well.
In a circular on May 19, the NMC said it had already clarified on March 4 that “no amount of fee” should be charged by medical colleges for permitting foreign medical graduates to complete their internship here. The stipend and other facilities to them should be equivalent to what are being given to Indian medical graduates being trained in government medical colleges “as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/university or State.”
