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The Graduate Marine Engineering (GME) course provides mechanical engineering graduates an opportunity to take up one year course and enter merchant navy by becoming a marine engineer.
In order to become a marine engineer after doing mechanical engineering, one needs to do a compulsory 1-year Graduate marine engineering course.
As an academic discipline, Marine Engineering covers concepts and processes involved in the manufacture, designing and operation of ship machinery and engines. The discipline is about the science of nautical architecture. Marine engineers are responsible for supervising the engine crew involved in operating marine vessels and equipment. Their responsibilities also include checking for the smooth functioning of electric motors, steam engines and propulsive engines etc. Marine engineers constantly work to improve the efficiencies of gas turbines, existing shipboard conventional steam equipment, nuclear propulsion plants and diesel plants.

Hello Agnish,
Yes, when you want to become a marine engineer it is obvious that you will be serving on the ship that could be sailing for many days without any recourse to good medical advice or facility. Hence DG shipping has laid down strict medical guidelines to be followed by all the institutes which are offering this course. It goes without saying that the students will be tested based on these standards before they are admitted for Marine engineering course. I am attaching a link that will give you detailed information about medical standards required:
https://www.marineinsight.com/careers-2/physical-fitness-and-medical-requirements-to-join-merchant-navy/
Best wishes.