OVERVIEW ON DOCTORS FROM INDIA

 

In June 2022, there were 13,08,009 Allopathic Doctors in India as per registrations with State Medical Councils and NMC for a population of 141.72 crores.

There were also 34.22 lac registered nurses and 13 lac allied healthcare professionals in June 2022.

WHO prescribes a standard of 1 doctor for 1000 population. In India,  in June 2022 there is 1 Doctor for 1083 which is pretty close to the WHO standard. 

The Government however claims it to be 834 taking the Ayush doctors numbering over 5 lacs into consideration but they are not full-fledged doctors....

In the Population Doctors ratio, for 1000 people figures from some countries are shown below. Surprisingly Cuba, a Communist country heads the list by far with 8.4 Doctors for 1000...

Cuba.          8.4

Austria.      5.5

Georgia.     5.4

Spain.         4.6

Germany.   4.1

Australia.   3.4

Russia.       3.3

France.       3.2

USA.         2.6

India.         0.9

The number of Medical seats in India has gone up from 51348 in the year 2014 to 107948 in 2023..that is a phenomenal rise in 9 years....

The number of Medical colleges has gone up from 387 in 2014 to 704 in 2023.....

The Medical PG seats have gone up 31185 in 2014 to 70,674 in 2024 which is even more phenomenal....

So the Modi Government has done an outstanding job in this area. Of course, apart from Government colleges, private colleges too have grown with support from the government on policy...

Following are the countries where it is lucrative for Indian Doctors to migrate

Countries with an average salary converted to USD

1. USA.           350,000

2. UK.             120,000

3. Canada       280,000

4. Australia.    220,000

5. Germany.    180,000

6. UAE.          250,000

7. France.       160,000

8. Newzea.     200,000

9. Ireland.      1,50,000

10. Singapore 200,000

USA pays the most and the UK the least...

Top in-demand Doctors worldwide

Cardiology

Internal Medicine

Orthopedics

Neurology

Anesthesiology

Gastroenterology

Urology

There are anywhere between 70,000 and 90,000 Indian doctors practicing abroad.

US has the largest number at 59000, the Gulf Countries and UK too have substantial numbers practicing, Indians doctors are also practicing in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Norway....

The US has a large number of immigrant doctors 2.62 lacs..probably most are Mexican ...the Indian Doctors at 59000 account for 22% of the immigrant doctors.....China &Hongkong have 6% and Pakistan 5%.....

The US has 5.46 lac immigrant nurses....of which 141,000 or 26% are Filipino, Indian 32,000 and Nigerian 24,000....

Population wise Pakistan has a higher number of Doctors in the US...their population is roughly one-sixth compared to us...so that 5% for Pakistan would be 30% for us.....