India issues advisory for aspirants seeking admissions to China's medical colleges

Amid the struggle of Indian students pursuing medical courses from China to return back and resume offline classes, India has issued a comprehensive advisory to students planning to study medicine in China.

While scores of Indian medical students pursuing medical courses from China are waiting to return back, now India has issued a detailed advisory for the aspirants who seek admission to China's medical colleges.

"The Embassy continues to receive queries from prospective Indian students as well as their parents regarding eligibility for Indian students who are pursuing clinical medicine programme in China to appear in the qualifying examination conducted by the National Medical Commission of India," said the advisory released by Indian Embassy in Beijing.

"It has unambiguously stated in Clause 4(b) that foreign medical students must be registered with the respective professional regulatory body or otherwise, competent to grant the license to practice medicine in their respective jurisdiction of the country in which the medical degree is awarded and at par with the license to practice medicine given to a citizen of that country," added the release, as reported by Mint.

India informed China about stringent regulations by NMC

India has apprised China of the recent stringent regulations issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for Indian students studying in Chinese medical colleges

"Any student, who joins for clinical medicine program in China after November 2021 and fails to obtain a license to practice as a medical doctor in China, will be rendered ineligible to appear for Foreign Medical Graduate Examination," read the release.

The embassy has also replied to the query on whether Indian students can work in Chinese hospitals in a capacity such as "assistant doctor" after completing their medical education in China but fail to obtain a medical practitioner license in China so as to enable them to earn a living and pay back education loans. On this, the embassy has replied "the Embassy has formally approached relevant Chinese authorities to confirm the existence of such an option. The Embassy will share any information, when received from the Chinese side, in its social media handles."

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