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New Indian Express
05-07-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Protests escalate as FMGs demand immediate permanent registration in Andhra
VIJAYAWADA: The crisis surrounding Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) in the state has intensified, with hundreds of medical graduates staging protest for the past five days, demanding Permanent Registration (PR) to practice in India. The students allege a lack of proper communication between the AP Medical Council (APMC) and the National Medical Commission (NMC), which resulted in a year-long uncertainty and inaction. Tensions reached a boiling point on Friday when protesting FMGs attempted to meet APMC Chairman Dr Daggumati Sreehari Rao, but were forcibly removed by police. A video showing a woman police officer dragging a female doctor by her hair went viral on social media, sparking outrage. Dr T Lakshmi Manasa, an FMG, who finished her MBBS in Ukraine, completed her internship at King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam. We followed all NMC's directions, contend FMGs Speaking to TNIE, she said, 'I received an email from APMC after completing my internship, saying I must now undergo another year of clerkship. My juniors have already received their PRs in neighbouring states within a year and have appeared for NEET PG. Why is there a delay in my case?' She demanded the immediate issuance of PRs, internship completion certificates, and the release of her pending stipend, which has been withheld for over a year. Another FMG, Kunche Ramya from Ayyavari Rudravaram, faced a similar fate. Despite completing her internship at Nimra College, she was instructed to complete two years of clerkship in addition to the one-year internship, raising concerns over inconsistency. 'Why was Lakshmi Manasa asked to do a one-year clerkship while I was told to do two?' she questioned. Amid growing outrage, Dr Ambati Naga Radhakrishna Yadav, Chairman of the YSRCP NTR District Doctors' Wing, wrote to the Governor seeking immediate intervention. APMC Chairman Dr Daggumati Sreehari Rao, speaking to TNIE, said, 'The FMGs who passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in January 2023 were allotted internships in AP medical colleges for the first time. Allotments were made as per the NMC's instructions.' He added that the general body of the APMC had already resolved on June 17 to issue PRs to FMGs with valid compensatory certificates and one-year internships, as per NMC's June 19 guidelines, but the decision is yet to be implemented.
The Hindu
19-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
FMGs long wait for Permanent Registrations to end soon
More than 500 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) in Andhra Pradesh can finally heave a sigh of relief as their long wait for Permanent Registrations (PRs) seems to be coming to an end. The FMGs in the State, who studied medical courses equivalent to MBBS outside India, have been waiting for more than a year to get their PRs, a license without which they cannot study further or set up clinics in the country, due to various reasons. Clearing air on the issue, that has been pending since June, 2024, APMC Chairman Daggumati Sreehari Rao told The Hindu that the council, in its general body meeting on June 17, has decided to issue PRs to all those who have valid compensatory certificates and also clarified about the duration of the internships for the batches of FMGs affected by the pandemic. It may be noted that the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (APMC) had earlier insisted that the FMGs, who did their penultimate and ultimate years of their courses online, due to the pandemic, must undergo two years of internship irrespective of whether or not they had compensatory certificates. Many FMGs decried the decision, as they said this was against the National Medical Commission (NMC)'s notification of June 19, 2024, that stated that those who wrote their final year exams offline and have compensatory certificates from their parent universities can undergo one year of internship. NMC's notification Now, the Chairman said the council is following the NMC's June 19 notification. 'Those who have done their complete course offline will have to do one year of internship and those who did their penultimate and ultimate years online but went back to write their final exams offline and have compensatory certificates will be allotted one year of internship,' Dr Sreehari Rao said. He said the compensatory certificates should clearly mention the name, the dates of arrival in India and return to their parent university, the duration of the course completed in online mode. He said that the APMC would write to the colleges in the State to relieve those FMGs, who despite having valid compensatory certificates are having to undergo a second year of internship. The process of issuance of PRs to the FMGs will start within a week and is likely to take another week to complete, he said. An official notification regarding the revised guidelines for FMGs affected by the pandemic is yet to be released. It may be noted here that all the FMGs affected belong to the batches during the pandemic and confusion arose due to multiple guidelines from the NMC regarding their duration of internships. At first, the APMC insisted that they undergo two years of internship to be eligible for a PR, then the graduates were told that their compensatory certificates were not clear.
The Hindu
07-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Will resolve FMG issues at the earliest, says medical council Chairperson
Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (APMC) (interim) Chairperson Daggumati Sreehari Rao, who assumed charge on Wednesday, said a four-member committee including APMC members and Director of Medical Education has been formed to look into the issues of Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), which include granting of Permanent Registrations (PRs). He told The Hindu that while it is not yet clear how long the process will take, but a committee has been formed to speed up the process. 'We have received complaints regarding the delay in the issuance of PRs to FMGs. We have also got to know that some States have issued PRs to FMGs. There is a lot of confusion because of many National Medical Commission guidelines. We will look into it,' Dr. Sreehari Rao said, adding that the committee will check the genuineness of compensatory certificates of FMGs before granting PRs. He also pointed out that around 35,000 allopathy doctors in the State are yet to renew their registrations, which has to be done every five years. 'We are planning to speed up this process as well, by sending our teams to every district. The team will be stationed there for two days, during which members can come and get their registrations renewed,' Dr. Sreehari Rao said, adding that skeletal staff in the APMC had led to the delay in renewing process. He stressed that renewing registrations is important because until the process is completed, they cannot vote in the elections to the APMC. The council has both nominated and elected members. At present, the interim council has six members, all of whom are nominated. 'If elections are to happen, all these doctors should vote, and to excercise their power to vote, their registrations have to be renewed,' he said. It may be noted here that elections have not been held for the past 15 years. The new Chairperson also said they would resume the practice of awarding a gold medal and certificate to meritorious students and top rankers.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Tirupati-based radiologist appointed to A.P. Medical Council
The State government on Tuesday appointed Tirupati-based Daggumati Sreehari Rao to the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (APMC). APMC is a monitoring and regulatory authority in the medical profession, which supervises the registration of medical practitioners, their periodical renewal, takes action upon complaints of unethical practices, besides taking up orientation for the young doctors on ethical practice. The new body, comprising two teaching staff from medical colleges and four registered medical practitioners, is an interim one, which will remain functional to carry out the day to day activities till a full-fledged body is formed. Sreehari Rao, a radiologist by profession, is one of the four medical practitioners taken on board from across the State and the lone representative from the Rayalaseema region. He has served as the vice-chairman of the medical council in the past. Dr. Rao is also a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). BJP leaders expressed delight at his appointment and see it as a recognition to his selfless service to the party as well as the profession.
