<p>India has less than one doctor for every 1000 population which is less than the World Health Organisation standard, the Lok Sabha was informed today.<br /><br />Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said as per information provided by the Medical Council of India, there were a total 10,22,859 allopathic doctors registered with the state medical councils or Medical Council of India as on March 31 this year.<br /><br />"Assuming 80 per cent availability, it is estimated that around 8.18 lakh doctors may actually be available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 0.62:1000 as per current population which is estimated to be of around 1.33 billion," she said during Question Hour.<br /><br />The WHO prescribes a doctor population ratio of 1:1000.<br /><br />The doctor-population ratio of the some of the countries are: Australia - 3.374:1000, Brazil - 1.852:1000, China - 1.49:1000, France - 3.227:1000, Germany - 4.125:1000, Russia - 3.306:1000, the USA - 2.554:1000, Afghanistan - 0.304:1000, Bangladesh - 0.389:1000, Pakistan - 0.806:1000.<br /><br />The minister said emphasis of the government was to increasing the number of doctors in the country to improve the doctor population ratio.<br /><br />There are 479 medical colleges in the country with an intake capacity of 67,218 MBBS seats. 12,870 MBBS seats have been added in the last three years, she said. </p>
<p>India has less than one doctor for every 1000 population which is less than the World Health Organisation standard, the Lok Sabha was informed today.<br /><br />Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said as per information provided by the Medical Council of India, there were a total 10,22,859 allopathic doctors registered with the state medical councils or Medical Council of India as on March 31 this year.<br /><br />"Assuming 80 per cent availability, it is estimated that around 8.18 lakh doctors may actually be available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 0.62:1000 as per current population which is estimated to be of around 1.33 billion," she said during Question Hour.<br /><br />The WHO prescribes a doctor population ratio of 1:1000.<br /><br />The doctor-population ratio of the some of the countries are: Australia - 3.374:1000, Brazil - 1.852:1000, China - 1.49:1000, France - 3.227:1000, Germany - 4.125:1000, Russia - 3.306:1000, the USA - 2.554:1000, Afghanistan - 0.304:1000, Bangladesh - 0.389:1000, Pakistan - 0.806:1000.<br /><br />The minister said emphasis of the government was to increasing the number of doctors in the country to improve the doctor population ratio.<br /><br />There are 479 medical colleges in the country with an intake capacity of 67,218 MBBS seats. 12,870 MBBS seats have been added in the last three years, she said. </p>