NEET PG 2023: FAIMA To Meet Health Minister Soon Looking For Postponement Of Exam

Doctors under the (FAIMA) Federation of All India Medical Association will soon meet the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to seek postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test PG Examination.

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Although the meeting was planned for January 31, it got postponed due to the ongoing budget session, and the association panel will attempt to assemble the Health Minister today, informed Dr. Rohan Krishnan, the National Chairman of FAIMA.

FAIMA had reported to the Union Health Minister that about 10,000 NEET PG candidates were ineligible to appear in the exam. Therefore, the association urged the authorities to postpone the exam by 2-3 months and reconsider the eligibility criteria.

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The National Board of Examinations (NBE) had earlier announced that NEET PG 2023 would be held on March 5, 2023. The result will be declared By March 31, 2023. As per the previous eligibility criteria declared by NBE, the NEET PG 2023 candidates must complete their compulsory one-year MBBS internship on or before March 31.

Later, considering that thousands of candidates were ineligible to appear in the examination, NBE extended the Internship Deadline to June 30, 2023.

Even after the postponement of the exam, several thousands of candidates remained ineligible for the exam. In Telangana alone, 3000 students remained ineligible since the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) extended the internship completion date of MBBS candidates till August 11. Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) has 200 interns who are now ineligible for writing the PG medical entrance test.

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On January 24, 2023, FAIMA wrote to the Union Health Minister about the issue of such candidates. "Every year, lakhs of post-MBBS doctors appear in this examination chasing their dream. Every Medical Specialist doctor adds strength to the ground doctor, which aims to help the patient & society in the best possible ways they can and also plays a significant role in offering strength to the existing healthcare system of this country, which has also been proven during the Covid Pandemic."

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It was determined that the association would meet the Union Health Minister on January 31 to consult the matter. Even though the Federation of All India Medical Association delegates approached the Ministry, the meeting got rescheduled because of the ongoing Budget session in the Parliament.

"Even though the Federation of All India Medical Association delegates could not meet the Health Minister, we have presented our demands to the Ministry officials. We are in regular touch with the NBE Chairman as well."

"We have demanded to delay the exam to May. We are hopeful for a resolution from the side of the Ministry," he added.

When asked about the students still ineligible for the examination, he mentioned, "We have raised this issue as well. All those students should be given a chance to appear in the exam. Madhya Pradesh High Court has just allowed the students to apply for NEET PG even though they were not eligible. So, if the Internship Deadline gets extended to July 30, it will give relief to several candidates."

"The academic program got disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will come back on track gradually," he added.

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