Lok Sabha Question No. 1798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Ukraine-returnee Medical Students
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij, Rodmal Nagar, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1798 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH DECEMBER, 2022

## UKRAINE-RETURNEE MEDICAL STUDENTS

## 1798.   SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the relaxations in the existing Medical Education Rules have been provided to accommodate the Medical students in the country to benefit them to complete their education and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the present status of the Indian Medical students returned from Ukraine in the country due to Russia-Ukraine conflict;
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the  completion  of  their education/Medical degrees; and
- (d)  the  number  of  Medical  students  facing  problems  for  completion  of  their  study  in  the country, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (d):  Foreign  Medical  Students/Graduates  are  either  covered  under  'Screening  Test Regulations, 2002' or 'Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021'. There are no  such  provisions  in  the  Indian  Medical  Council  Act  1956  &  the  National  Medical Commission  Act,  2019  as  well  as  the  Regulations  to  accommodate  or  transfer  medical students from any foreign medical institutes to Indian medical colleges. No permission has been  given  by  the  NMC  to  transfer  or  accommodate  any  foreign  medical  students  in  any Indian medical institute/university.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has devised a scheme under which Indian students who were in the last year of their undergraduate medicine course (due to COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict etc had to leave their foreign medical institute) and have subsequently completed their studies as also have been granted certificate of completion of course/degree  by  the  respective  institute,  on  or  before  30th  June,  2022,  are  permitted  to appear  in  Foreign  Medical  Graduate  Examination.  Thereafter,  upon  qualifying  the  FMG examination, such foreign medical graduates are required to undergo Compulsory Rotating

Medical  Internship  (CRMI)  for  a  period  of  two  years  to  make  up  for  the  clinical  training which could not be physically attended by them during the undergraduate medicine course in the  foreign  institute  as  also  to  familiarize  them  with  practice  of  medicine  under  Indian conditions. Foreign medical graduates get registration only after completing the CRMI of two years.

As per information received from MEA,  the Indian Embassy in Kyiv has communicated  with  all  the  concerned  Universities  in  Ukraine  for  providing  transcript  and other documents in a smooth manner to the students. The details are available on the website of Embassy to assist students to address any related issues.

The NMC has also issued Public Notices conveying its No-objection to the Academic Mobility Program offered by Ukraine i.e. temporary relocation (for the period of conflict) to other universities applicable in either of 29 countries as mentioned in the Public Notice. A few students have opted for Academic Mobility Program.

A  total  of  15,783  Indian  students  are  enrolled  in  various  medical  Universities  of Ukraine, out of which 14,973 students are taking online classes and 640 students are taking offline mode of education.

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