Ukraine returned medical students

In Short • According to official sources, there are no norms under the National Medical Commission Regulations to accommodate Indian students pursuing medical courses abroad. • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW) is likely hold a meeting this week. • The Ministry of External Affair wrote to the Health Ministry. By India Today Web Desk: Ukraine-returned medical students can have a sigh of relief, as the Supreme Court on April 29 had directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to frame a scheme in a period of two months. The decision has come into effect after efforts made by the External Affairs Ministry and they wrote to the Health Ministry requesting them to consider admitting students to private medical institutes. The move was made so that the education of medical students would not be hampered and they could continue their education in India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW) is likely to conduct a meeting this week. The letter mentioned that due to the war in Ukraine, over 18,000 Indian students in different years of medical programmes there have returned to India under Operation Ganga. WILL UKRAINE RETURNED MEDICAL STUDENTS GET PLACED IN INDIA According to an official source, there are no norms under the National Medical Commission Regulations to accommodate Indian students pursuing medical courses abroad who have to return home midway, in medical colleges here between academic sessions. TIMEL...

Transfer of Medical Students of Ukraine, Best Universities, Countries Indian and International Medical Students- in search of Transfers from Ukraine to countries like India, As the Russia-Ukraine conflict worsens, international students who have sought sanctuary in neighboring countries or their home nations confront still another challenge: transferring to another university to finish their studies. Students who have successfully fled Ukraine are reportedly having difficulty finding institutions where they can transfer and finish their degrees. Many were studying for their Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or Prior to the war, Ukraine had over 76,000 international students, the majority of whom were from India and Africa. It was a popular study destination for a variety of reasons, including low tuition Many university students in Ukraine are fleeing the conflict for their own safety. Over 10,000 Indian students have been evacuated from conflict zones, according to authorities, and 2,179 Egyptian students in Ukrainian universities have applied for permission to relocate to local universities. Some governments have intervened to assist students who have been affected by the crisis in finishing their studies. For example, Indians who earned their mbbs transfer from one country to another New NMC Regulations Restricting Credit Transfers for Ukraine Medical Students The National “Indian medical students in Ukraine in their first to fifth years are not only endurin...

Express News Service NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Indian medical students who were forced to return from Ukraine, China and the Philippines due to war and Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed them to clear their final examination in two attempts, without enrolling in any medical college in India. This is applicable to MBBS students who returned to India in their penultimate year of studies and completed the course through online mode. The exams will be in line with the existing National Medical Council (NMC) syllabus, a bench of judges B R Gavai and Vikram Nath said. The bench was hearing a batch of pleas by students who had to leave their studies mid-way and return to India. Earlier, the Centre had told the SC it was ready to offer penultimate year students one chance to clear the final exams (both theory and practical) but the court modified it to two, considering the ‘special circumstances’. The Centre said the theory exam would be held centrally on the pattern of Indian MBBS exam, while the practical exam would be conducted by designated government medical colleges. The students will also have to complete two years of compulsory rotatory internship. The SC had in December 2022 asked the Centre to find a solution to the ‘humane problem’ faced by the medical students. “Find out a solution for these students, who are undisputedly an asset to the nation and, particularly, when there is a dearth of doctors in the country,” it had said. Following this, ...

By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: The medical students, who returned to India from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, are waiting with bated breath for the Centre’s reply to the Supreme Court’s notice, likely to be given on September 5. The Supreme Court on August 26 sought a response from the Centre on the report submitted to Parliament by a committee on External Affairs on August 3 recommending that all the returned students should be allowed to complete their courses in India. Earlier, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar told the Lok Sabha that the possibility of absorbing Ukrainereturned students in local medical colleges in India can be done only if they clear the qualifying examinations. She also said that the students should also comply with Screening Test Regulations, 2002, or Foreign Medical Guarantee Licentiate Regulations, 2021. “There are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 or the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 to accommodate or transfer medical students from any foreign medical institutes to Indian medical colleges,” the union minister pointed out. On the other hand, the Committee on External Affairs (2021-2022), in its 15th report to the Lok Sabha, has recommended that Ukraine-returned medical students should be accommodated in the Indian medical colleges. Though the students are attending online classes, physical practicals have taken a hit. And without classes, one cannot become a compl...

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that they are working on the suggestions given by the court to assist medical students who have returned to India from Ukraine in view of the war with Russia. The apex court had on September 16 suggested that the Centre assist these medical students by creating a web portal giving details of the foreign universities, where they could complete their courses as per the government's academic mobility programme. The counsel appearing for the Centre told the top court on Friday that they have written to the secretaries of the ministries of external affairs as well as health on the issue. "In terms of the last order, we have written to the secretaries of MEA (ministry of external affairs) as well as Health. Our instruction is that they are on it," the counsel told a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia. The counsel further said that in the last hearing, the apex court had indicated that a website can be made where information can be put so that there is clarity. "We are on it," the lawyer said, adding, "It is taken up with utmost priority." The top court posted the matter for hearing on October 11. When one of the advocates said that final-year medical students can be permitted to take online education, the bench observed, "We are not saying anything. We will pass a comprehensive order". At the outset, one of the advocates, appearing for some of the students, said several states have written to the Centre on t...