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Major Victory for Indian Doctors in BritainFriday, March 09, 2007
Britain-based Indian doctors have won a major battle when the British government agreed to withdraw a "discriminatory clause" that could have doomed their future in Britain. According to that clause, non-European doctors who did not have visas beyond August 1, 2007 would not have been considered for job interview and appointment process. The association of Britain-based Indian doctors, British Association for People of Indian Origin (BAPIO) moved the High Court of Justice, but before the court could have declared its decree, the Secretary of State's Counsel requested a brief adjournment. And BAPIO was informed that the Secretary of State was prepared to roll back that decision. Dr Ramesh Mehta, president of BAPIO, said BAPIO has accepted this offer and agreed to withdraw the case since the Secretary of State gave an undertaking to the court that the clause will be removed. A visibly delighted, Mehta said for the first time a clear message has been sent out that promises made to International Medicals Graduates (IMGs) must be kept. And urged that HSMP doctors must be treated at par with UK and EU nationals. Earlier, on March 4, BAPIO had obtained an emergency injunction to prevent discrimination of doctors regarding this visa issue for the recruitment for 21,000 training jobs. Many affected doctors felt this visa issue would have been hard on many international doctors whose visa came up for renewal before this date. However, Dr Raman Lakshman, vice chair for policy, expressed his happiness that the Department of Health has conceded and said he hopes that there will be no further road-blocks for HSMP doctors Similar views was echoed by, Vice Chair for Operations, Dr Satheesh Mathew, who said it’s a great day in the history of IMG in the UK. And has also thanked his barristers, solicitors and legal team for this success. He said 40,713 applications were received from outside of the UK for consideration under HSMP during 2006 and so far 21,948 applications have been approved.
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