On Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will conduct searches at the offices of medical councils in 91 locations across 18 states. The case is against medical councils that registered foreign medical graduates who lacked the necessary qualifications to practise medicine in India.
CBI carries out raids at 91 locations across 18 states at the premises of Medical Councils
The inquiry was launched by the CBI against 73 foreign medical graduates who were permitted to practise medicine in India without passing the required Foreign Medical Graduate Examination and 14 state medical boards (FMGE).
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CBI starts investigation against medical councils and medical graduates who practiced medicine without qualifying mandatory Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE)
The Ministry of Health had been informed by the National Board of Examination that 73 such medical graduates who completed their MBBS in foreign nations like Russia, Ukraine, China, and Nigeria between 2011 and 2012 had failed its examination but had obtained registration from various state medical councils.
CBI is acting on the complaint filed by Union Health Ministry which had stated that fraudulent and fake registration by non-qualified individuals was detrimental to the health and well-being of citizens and has interstate ramifications in the health sector.
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