HYDERABAD: The Telangana State government exempted MBBS graduates from the purview of ‘Compulsory Government Service’.
Orders to this effect were issued by the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department recently.
In fact, as per the ‘Compulsory Government Service’ rule, MBBS students should work in government hospitals for one year in orderto become eleigible to get a certificate as registered medical practitioners.
However, recently members of the Telangana Junior Doctors Association had requested the government to remove Compulsory Government Service (CGS) in the MBBS level, to which the government agreed.