Doctors with foreign backgrounds may get a strong ease to practice in India, as the government is mulling over to allow foreign doctors to practice in the country without the need of any examination. A news report points out that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is all set to give the nod to Medical Council of India (MCI) to begin registration of doctors without any test. The proposal vetted by Ministry of Law and Justice will soon be notified.
The reasoning behind this move has been pointed out to be strengthening the human resource requirements of the health sector, which currently suffers from a shortage of more than lakh doctors. Till now, the current policy calls for only Indian citizen doctors with foreign degrees to practice. This comes after clearing the mandatory Foreign Medical Graduates Examination that is required to secure an MCI registration and hence practice in…
