Intake of foreign medicos capped at 10%

Govt. had lifted the restriction on CRRI admissions to manage the increasing COVID-19 caseload

The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has directed all recognised medical colleges in the State to restrict the intake of Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) to 10% of the sanctioned MBBS seats for undergoing Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) training. In an urgent communication, the TNMC said it had observed that the number of FMGs applying for provisional registration in the council to undergo internship was gradually increasing. From approximately 600 in 2018, the number had gone up to 1,000 in 2020 and likely to cross 1,200 in future. However, the recognised medical institutions for imparting internship training to them were found to be inadequate and hence “they are unable to accommodate the increasing number of interns, with a resultant crowding in a particular institution. The loss in quality of internship training in such institutions is understandable,” the Council said in its communication.