Medical Profession
New Delhi : It is unusual for medical graduates in India to be
embarrassed around their relatives. But Kumar Gaurav, who completed his MBBS in March 2016, has not visited his Bihar hometown in two years.
His relatives had once made fun of him because he couldn't practise
despite having a medical degree. And that had stabbed him right in the heart.
Gaurav went to a medical college in Nepal, but graduates from that
country can't practise in India unless they clear the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination ( FMGE ), a screening test conducted by the Medical Council of India twice a year. This applies to graduates from institutions in other countries as well, such as China, Ukraine, Russia, Bangladesh and the Philippines.
Fresh graduates return to India and join the ranks of those who
have been trying to pass the test. The life that follows their return
is different from what most of them anticipate.They also have to deal with the realisation that, hierarchically, they are considered less meritorious than home-grown medical graduates.
( The Times of India, Chennai, Monday, October 1, 2018 )
Courtesy : MPS
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