NEET PG 2023, NEET MDS 2023: MBBS, BDS Internship Deadline Extended

Bringing a massive break to NEET PG 2023 and NEET MDS 2023 aspirants, the Health Ministry has extended the last date of completion of the MBBS training to August 11 and BDS internship to June 30.

The ministry said that the decision was taken considering the future of over 13,000 MBBS candidates who were not eligible for the NEET PG 2023 exam due to the delayed internship.

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More than 3,000 BDS candidates and 13,000 MBBS students in five States/UTs were ineligible for NEET PG and NEET MDS 2023.

The students had been pushing for an extension in the NEET PG 2023 exam by two to three weeks to decrease the gap between the result declaration and the counseling process. Despite receiving no resolution from the concerned authorities on the matter despite several requests and deliberations, the doctors under the (FAIMA) Federation of All India Medical Association staged a protest yesterday at Jantar Mantar.

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The NEET PG 2023 exam is planned for March 5. The aspirants sought the exam to be postponed by May-June.

Per the calendar issued by the (NBE) National Board of Examinations, the NEET PG 2023 results will be out around March 31, and the counseling process will start in July 2023. Moreover, according to the eligibility mentioned above criteria declared by NBE, the NEET PG 2023 aspirants must complete their mandatory one-year MBBS internship on or before March 31.

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FAIMA had noted to the Union Health Minister that approximately 10,000 NEET Post Graduates aspirants were ineligible to appear in the exam. The association urged the authorities to postpone the exam by 2-3 months and reconsider the eligibility criteria.

After that, considering thousands of candidates were ineligible to appear in the examination, NBE extended the Internship Deadline. Earlier on January 13, the cut-off date was extended from March 31 to June 30.

According to the NBE notification released to this effect, it was announced, "In continuance of NBEMS notice dated January 13 and according to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the cut-off date for completion of training for eligibility for NEET-PG 2023 has been further extended to August 11."

Accordingly, the registration window was reactivated. With this, the desirous candidates completing their internship from 01.07.2023 to 11.08.2023 and fulfilling all other criteria as defined in the Information Bulletin of NEET-PG 2023 can apply for NEET-PG 2023 from 09.02.2023 (3 PM onwards) to 12.02.2023 (still 11:55 PM).

"Such aspirants shall be able to choose the selected state and city for taking the exam amongst those cities which are available at the period of closure of the previous registration window on 27.01.2023, on a first come first serve basis. The edit window for all such aspiratns who shall be successfully submitting examination fee & application form for NEET-PG during 09.02.2023 to 12.02.2023 shall be opened on 15.02.2023," the notice added.

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The ministry decided to extend the last completion date of the internships to June 30 for dental students who could not appear for NEET MDS.

"More than 3,000 BDS students across states/UTs were not eligible for NEET MDS 2023 exam due to delayed training. To benefit them, MoHFW has decided to extend the last date of completion of internship for eligibility to June 30, 2023," the ministry declared.

"In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 09.01.2023, and pursuant to the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt. of India vide its email dated 07.02.2023, the cut-off date for completion of internship for the purpose of eligibility for NEET-MDS 2023 has been extended to 30.06.2023. The cut-off date for completion of internship as mentioned under "important dates" and in the clause 4.2 and 4.5 of the information bulletin for NEET-MDS 2023 should therefore be read accordingly," the NBE stated in its notification.

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