Ukrainian MBBS students on hunger strike?

MBBS students evacuated from war-torn Ukraine conducted a hunger strike at Yantar Mantar on Sunday, demanding admission to the country’s medical college as a one-off measure. 

 With about 12,000 students excluding the final year and at least 600 medical colleges in the country, they said each institution only needs to accept about 20 students. 

 About 350 people participated in the protest, according to a PTI report. Thirty-five students from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Hariyana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan were on a hunger strike from 10 am to 5 pm, the Ukrainian Medical Student Parents Association ( R.B. Gupta, Chairman of PAUMS), said. 

“We also held a march at Jantar Mantar. We want the government’s help in accommodating our children. My child was studying the second year in Ivano (Ukrainian city). We are only requesting the government that these children be accommodated as a one-time measure,” he said.

 PAUMS  also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. 

“There are 15,000-16,000 (approx.), medical students, out of which around 3,000 are of final year for whom the NMC (National Medical Commission) has permitted to complete their internship in India, which is a breath of relief. Now, this leaves us with 12,000 approx. students to be given admission… There are around 606 medical colleges in India, which means each college will have to accommodate only 20-21 students…,” the letter read.

“This is an unprecedented war situation that needs extraordinary thinking, steps, and solution. We are hopeful that a lenient view shall be taken while taking a decision in regard to accommodating all Ukraine-returned MBBS students and our request may be well taken and acted accordingly. We will be highly obliged,” it added. he added.  Thousands of students from India studying at various medical schools in Ukraine were forced to abandon the course and return home after Russian troops launched an attack on a country in Eastern Europe. 

 Also in April,  parents of Jantar Mantar’s MBBS students protested demanding government intervention to place their children in medical school. 

 In March, a public interest proceeding was filed in the Supreme Court seeking guidance on the issue of admission and continuation of her study in India. 

  The appeal also sought instructions from the Center to provide such students with a medical subject equality orientation program. 

 The Indian Medical Association also recommends that Prime Minister Narendra Modi place such students in the Indian Medical Association as a one-off measure.  In a March 4 letter to Modi, IMA should allow such students to go to an Indian medical college for the remaining MBBS courses through a “fair paid distribution”. As mentioned, this should not be seen as an increase in cost annual recording capacity.

Medical Dialogues has previously actively encouraged NMC to allow final-year MBBS students returning from Ukraine and China to complete their education online at their parent university and take the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) in India. I reported that I am considering it.

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