Addendum: St John's Medical College also NOT a contemporary of Escola
jc > On Jun 24, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Jose <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
