Dear Roland, While I am by no means an expert on such matters, please allow me to make a few brief point:
1: AFMC and Escola were not contemporaries. I believe that the last Escola students were graduating while AFMC was graduating the first batch circa 1966-7. ( Never mind when AFMC was 'established'......what is important is when the first batch graduated) 2: Almost all the major Indian medical colleges (set up by the British) were recognised in 1961 along with the one in Pondicherry as well as the Escola. 3: Goa Medical College ( first graduating batch circa 1968-9) had a problem allegedly because of the IMC and Bom U 'discussion'). My understanding is that IF the IMC had notified the UK Medical Council ...... in time .....a number of the Goa Medical College graduates would not have had to take the PLAB exam. Eventually, as I have previously mentioned, ALL medical graduates from India and some other countries had their degrees 'derecognised' by the UK Medical Council. The sad part of it all (and I believe that Alfred Tavares is making that point) that the degrees were recognised at a whim and without any regard to the TOP calibre of the graduates the Escola was producing. Some of my teachers were from the Escola, as were many of me seniors. They were Top Notch graduates from a small sized class of students taught by very dedicated teachers with a lot of pride in their students. I remember them being humiliated by the excercise of having to repeat the subjects in the Condensed MBBS Course (as it was named). Credit to them (example Dr. Francisco Colaco) for not only having undertaken that task but also for having gone on to shake a leg with the best in the MD exams. jc > On Jun 24, 2014, at 12:42 PM, "roland.francis" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Venansius and JC, > There may have been more, but the following medical schools in India had > worldwide recognition from medical councils for applying for tests or > challenge exams in order to practice or study further at the time the Escola > Medica existed: > > Armed Forces Medical College, Poona (from 1948). > St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore > Christian Medical College, Vellore > Govt. Medical College, Miraj > Grant Medical College, Bombay. > > Roland. > > > > > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jose <[email protected]> > Date: 06-24-2014 11:54 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] FW: Escola Medica de Goa & the anihilation of Indira > Gandhi > > On Jun 24, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> > asked: > > "Was any other Medical College in India recognized internationally during the > time EMG was recognized internationally?" > > RESPONSE: > > YES. > > As far as Goa was concerned, ironically, Escola was but Goa Medical College > was not for quote some time.....allegedly because of the turf battle not > involving Bom U and MCI > > That is why Goa Med College graduates had to sit the PLAB in the UK ....until > about 1975 when all IMGs and some others had to do so too. > > jc
