Indian govt. to Doctors: Please Don’t Leave or We’ll Bring You Back
Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has said, “From this year (2012)onwards, any student going for further medical education to the US will have to give us a bond that he will come back after finishing the studies.
Most of the students expressed their anger and said,that they studied in private colleges and they feel it is unfair to ask them to come back as they have not received any support from the government.
The scenario of indian doctors and how they will suffer with this new regulation is as follows :
Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has said, “From this year (2012)onwards, any student going for further medical education to the US will have to give us a bond that he will come back after finishing the studies.
Most of the students expressed their anger and said,that they studied in private colleges and they feel it is unfair to ask them to come back as they have not received any support from the government.
The scenario of indian doctors and how they will suffer with this new regulation is as follows :
most students travel to the US under a J1 visa, which works as an exchange programme. Here, students are treated as residents, where they study for at least three years and can continue to practice. Under this visa, it is mandatory for them to return to their home country after seven years to serve in their home country for two years. They can waive that return by serving in a rural area in the US. With the new rule, students are uncertain when they will be asked to come back.
The fact is out of total of 45,000 graduating doctors in India annually,only 1000 or 2.22% are going abroad per anum.
majority of students feels along with IMA, That The ministry should focus on the larger picture, the 97.78 students who stay in India and Incentivise their work and give them benefits for choosing to stay behind instead of penalizing the few who go abroad.
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