Elective training for Postgraduate* Foreign Medical Students at the GS Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital (if you are an Indian national, please also see this footnote)

Dear Student,

It will be possible for the G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital to accept applications for elective training from foreign postgraduate* medical students for a maximum period of 12 weeks subject to certain permissions from Indian authorities,

These include:
1. Temporary Medical Registration from the Medical Council of India, New Delhi
2. Permission from the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Department of Health).

To enable us to do this you should arrange to send: #
1. Six copies of applications for elective training duly filled in along with
2. Form for temporary medical registration in India (six copies)
3. Six passport sized photographs
4. Six photocopies of your passport
5. Six copies of reference/recommendation letter from the Dean of the medical college/university where you are currently undergoing medical studies
6. A bank draft for Rs.5000*/- (non refundable) in favour of the - Secretary, Medical Council of India payable at New Delhi to enable this office to get permission from the above authorities to allow you to undergo the elective training at these institutions.
7. A bank draft* For Rs.1000/- in favour of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai - payable in Mumbai (Bombay)- this is the application processing charge. (Please note: In some demand drafts there is column for "Branch". This SHOULD be Mumbai (Bombay).
8. Six copies of your MBBS** passing certificate

Training can be provided in the following specialties:

Anatomy
Anaesthesiology
Biochemistry and Clinical Nutrition
Blood bank
Cardiology
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Chest Medicine and Environment Pollution Research Center (EPRC)
Clinical Pharmacology Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
Emergency Medical Services
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Hematology
Medicine
Microbiology
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Pathology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Pharmacology
Physiology
Plastic Surgery
Preventive and Social Medicine
Psychiatry Radiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Skin Surgical Gastroenterology
Urology

Other specialties could be made available on request.

Students should indicate, in their application letters, their preferences from the above specialties, the dates for the electives and also the period for which they would like to work in each of them. It will generally be possible for us to honour these requests.

Generally, we are not able to provide accommodation in our hostels as they are already overcrowded. It is best that you make your own arrangements for stay while in Bombay. However, you may write to the warden of the hostel
( websitecontact@kem.edu ) and explore the possibility of vacancies in the hostel.

Please also note that you should indicate the period of elective after suitable consideration. It may be impossible for us to change the dates of electives which have been once decided. The fees are currently under revision and will be approximately Rs. 12,000. Even those students who have already sent in their application material will have to pay the new fees. (1 US $ = aprox. Rs. 46). We do not accept credit cards. The fees are for blocks of three months or parts there of. For example for periods upto 12 weeks the fees is Rs. 12,000. Beyond 12 weeks, an additional Rs. 12, 000 is to be paid.

We appreciate your interest in our training program and look forward to having you with us.

Dean

• * Those students who are medical graduates and are studying for postgraduate specialisation (eg. Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry etc)
• ** MBBS: This is the first medical degree that one is awarded after completing (undergraduate/graduate)medical education. In come countries this may be referred as an M.D. degree.

# Put ALL these documents in an envelope and mail them to:

The Dean,
G.S. Medical Coillege,
Parel, Mumbai 400012.
India.

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Footnote

If you are an Indian National or a Non Resident Indian (NRI) and your passport clearly states that your Nationality is Indian,then, we do not have to take the permission of the Medical Council for you. This means: You need to send only ONE bank draft for Rs. 1000 for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and need NOT send the other one for the Medical Council of India. Also, the time for processing your application and had hence the lead-time required for your application can be reduced to just 6 weeks providing that vacancies for electives exist during the period desired by you. The fees, however,  remains unchanged.