Over 600 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) undergoing compulsory internships in Telangana government hospitals intensified their 15-day-long agitation by staging a dharna outside the Directorate of Medical Education in Hyderabad.
Foreign Medical Graduate interns intensified protests outside the DME office in Koti on Wednesday, demanding a monthly stipend of Rs 29,792, pending arrears and protection from punitive measures. DME Dr N. Vani said the matter required further examination and consultation
The National Medical Commission has announced 43,250 CRMI internship slots for the 2026–27 academic year to address the shortage of training seats for foreign medical graduates. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh received significant allocations to help clear the backlog of eligible FMGs.
They hacked the main servers of NBE that were meant to store vital data related to FMG exam and managed to add their records with changed photographs and contact details
