Post-Internship Examinations: Doctors Flunk Recovered

The decision of the Solicitor General to  give successful internal 160 which challenged the mandatory post-internship examination  has not finished making waves. One of the most worrying consequence is that five candidates who failed in the previous review will, in all probability, be recognized as doctors by the Medical Council . And upcoming exams, scheduled for March could be canceled. The statement from the Ministry of Health, issued Tuesday, said that the Solicitor General has decided that all interns who were recruited before 1 August 2013 are exempted from the examination.

However, the seven candidates who participated in the first examination held in October - five of which have failed - are in this category. So that the Medical Council may be required to register as GPs. A dilemma that even the Chairman of the College of Physicians does not know how to solve yet. " We'll have to work on the issue, but I think we're going to save, " says Dr. Baboo Servansingh, president of Medical Council, requested by express .

Five physicians, the failure in examinations rendered unfit to practice should therefore be allowed to do so. Doubts were expressed about their qualifications, as four of them had earned their degrees in Eastern countries.

Another upheaval: the examinations scheduled to be held in March should be canceled. " We received ten nominations says Baboo Servansingh, but they do not have to take part in this review. I do not think it will be, given that there will probably not candidates " . The Medical Council , the doubt remains. At yesterday afternoon, the Board of the College of Physicians had not received the decision of the Solicitor General and had to settle for the information relayed by the Ministry of Health. Now, to be attached to the procedure, they must be aware of theadvice that gives successful internal.