Shimla: CM directs health department to allow 1-yr internship for foreign MBBS graduates

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed the health department to allow a one-year internship for foreign MBBS graduates who attended online classes during COVID-19.

The directive addresses inconsistent internship durations (one vs. two years) for students from the same academic batches.

The National Medical Commission delegated powers to state governments to assess compensatory training periods for foreign medical graduates.

The state government fixed the internship at one year for eligible candidates, citing students' hardships.