NEET-PG aspirants get wrong exam city texts after NBEMS glitch

Seve al
ca didates
epo ted
eceivi g
two
diffe e t
SMS
messages
withi
hou s,
each
me tio i g
a
diffe e t
test
city
( ep ese tative
image)

NEW
DELHI:
Hu d eds
of
NEET-PG
2026
aspi a ts
we e
left
co fused
afte
eceivi g
i co ect
SMS
ale ts
about
thei
allotted
exami atio
cities,
p ompti g
the
Natio al
Boa d
of
Exami atio s
i
Medical
Scie ces
(NBEMS)
to
issue
a
cla ificatio
that
a
tech ical
glitch
had
led
to
w o g
messages
bei g
se t
to
some
ca didates.Seve al
ca didates
epo ted
eceivi g
two
diffe e t
SMSes
withi
hou s,
each
me tio i g
a
diffe e t
test
city.
I
o e
such
case,
a
aspi a t
was
fi st
allotted
Gudu
(A dh a
P adesh)
a d
late
eceived
a othe
message
assig i g
Noida
(Utta
P adesh)
as
the
exami atio
city.I
a
public
otice
issued
o
Wed esday,
NBEMS
said
the
test
city
allocatio
had
bee
completed
as
scheduled
a d
uploaded
o
the
official
applica t
po tal.
Howeve ,
“due
to
some
tech ical
issues”,
the
test
city
co veyed
to
some
ca didates
th ough
SMS
was
i co ect.
It
said
f esh
SMSes
a d
emails
ca yi g
the
co ect
test
city
had
subseque tly
bee
se t
to
the
affected
ca didates.The
Boa d
advised
ca didates
ot
to
ely
o
SMS
messages
a d
i stead
ve ify
thei
allotted
exami atio
city
th ough
the
NBEMS
applica t
po tal,
which
it
said
co tai s
the
co ect
details
fo
all
ca didates.

It
also
u ged
aspi a ts
to
ely
o ly
o
official
commu icatio s
a d
bewa e
of
fake
websites
a d
misi fo matio .The
cla ificatio
comes
just
days
befo e
the
co duct
of
the
atio al
postg aduate
medical
e t a ce
exami atio ,
with
ca didates
al eady
maki g
t avel
a d
accommodatio
a a geme ts
based
o
thei
allotted
test
cities.
The
co fusio
t igge ed
a xiety
amo g
aspi a ts,
ma y
of
whom
took
to
social
media
to
seek
cla ificatio
afte
eceivi g
co flicti g
messages.NBEMS
mai tai ed
that
the
applica t
po tal
ca ies
the
co ect
exami atio
city
details
a d
asked
ca didates
to
efe
to
it
fo
authe tic
i fo matio .
It
said
co ected
SMSes
a d
emails
have
bee
issued
whe eve
equi ed.