State Medical Councils shall not deny allotment of medical colleges for internships to foreign medical graduates (FMG) on the basis of their domicile, and FMGs can complete their internship from a medical college in any State or Union Territory if they are otherwise eligible, the National Medical Commission (NMC) said. The NMC has released a list of recognised non-teaching hospitals for compulsory rotating internship training across the country.
The regulatory body for medical education and medical professionals has also issued a consolidated circular of its guidelines on the mode and method of medical internships for FMGs in India. The NMC noted that an FMG may be posted to different medical colleges or institutions through the counselling or seat allocation process based on merit.
It added that a number of requests and queries from different State Medical Councils had been received on the non-availability of seats for FMGs to begin their internships at their State, especially because of the implementation of two years’ internship for them.
