80% foreign medical graduates fail India’s licence exam. KRITIKA SHARMA and ABANTIKA GHOSH https://theprint.in/india/80-foreign-medical-graduates-fail-indias-licence-exam-heres-what-they-end-up-doing-instead/868875/
In 2019, 25.79% Indians cleared Foreign Medical Graduate Exam, a test aspirants with degrees from certain countries need to clear for practise in India. Figure was 14.68% in 2020 and 23.83% in 2021.
Doctors who have experience working with foreign medical graduates, however, claim that even those who clear the screening test are often found wanting in clinical and practical skills..Dr Vishwas Mehta, a former joint secretary in the Union health ministry: “I have been to medical colleges in Armenia, Georgia and Russia. There is no entrance test and the fees are reasonable so a lot of people end up there. But there are very strict laws, so students are never allowed to touch a patient, so they often do not know how to put a catheter or injection or even do a delivery.