Union Cabinet removed bridge course for Ayush practitioners

New Delhi, March 28: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday removed the provision of bridge course for Ayush practitioners to practise modern medicine, as part of amendments to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, said an official.

The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also declared that the final MBBS examination would be held as a common examination across the country and it would serve as an exit test called the National Exit Test, doing away with the need for an additional licentiate examination.

"The provision dealing with bridge course for Ayush practitioners to practise modern medicine to a limited extent has also been removed," said an official statement.

It has been left to the state governments to take necessary measures for addressing and promoting primary healthcare in rural areas, it added.