FMGE 2025 results reveal a stark reality for foreign medical graduates in India. Only 23% candidates cleared the screening exam, leaving over 33,000 doctors without a license to practice. After spending 6–7 years studying medicine abroad, many remain unable to work, raising serious concerns about clinical training, curriculum gaps, and preparedness for Indian healthcare.
Medical negligence cases in India are rising, but there is no national database to measure their true burden. This article explains how the absence of reliable data, rising litigation, defensive medicine, and lack of tort reforms are harming doctors, patients, and the healthcare system, and why India urgently needs systemic legal and policy reforms.
The Rajasthan High Court has strongly criticised illegible handwritten post-mortem and medico-legal reports and ordered mandatory use of MedLEaPR software from February 2026. The judgment holds doctors and police accountable and marks a major reform in forensic and medico-legal documentation in India.
The National Medical Commission has allowed both non profit and for profit companies to establish medical colleges under the PPP model. NMC Chairman Abhijat Chandrakant Sheth confirms that patients in PPP hospitals will receive free or subsidised treatment. The move aims to enhance medical education quality, clinical research, and healthcare accessibility under state government regulations.
