The number of medical undergraduate seats has increased from 51,348 before 2014 to 89,875 seats as of date which is an increase of 75% while the number of medical postgraduate seats has gone up by 93% from 31,185 seats before 2014 to 60,202, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharti Pravin Pawar stated in a written reply in the Lok Sabha earlier this week.
She added that the doctor-population ratio was 1:834 in the country assuming 80% availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors. Also, there were 2.89 lakh registered dentists, 32.63 lakh registered nursing personnel and 13 lakh Allied and Healthcare Professionals in the country.
Health was a State subject and the primary responsibility to fill the vacancies of health personnel in Government hospitals lay with the State Government concerned, the Minister noted adding that regarding healthcare/medical professionals in the country, there were 13,01,319 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission as on November, 2021.
