Doctor patient ratio
Rajya Sabha
As per Medical Council of India, the total number of registered allopathic doctors in the country is 6, 83, 582. Thus the allopathic doctor-population ratio at present works out to 1:1634. In addition, there are more than 6 lakhs practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy in the country. Taking all these numbers together, the doctor – population ratio comes to 1: 870 approximately. The data relating to the doctor-patient ratio in rural as well as in urban areas in the country is not maintained. However, the doctor-patient ratio varies from case to case depending upon various factors like the type of disease, nature of specialization, type of patient-care required i.e. indoor/outdoor. There are 269 medical colleges in the country with annual intake of 30,922 students who add up to the existing medical manpower. The National Rural Health Mission has been operationalised with the main aim of providing accessible and reliable primary health care facilities especially to the poor and the vulnerable sections of the population.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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