Altogether 13,86,136 allopathic doctors registered with State Medical Councils across India: Health Ministry
India has altogether 13,86,136 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils across the country, the Union Minister of State for Health Smt. Anupriya Patel informed the Lok Sabha recently. Further, as per the data provided by the Union MoS Health, the country has 38.49 lakh registered nursing personnel as well.
Assuming the 80% availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in India is 1:836, Smt Patel informed.
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