Ministry of Health sets focus to achieve better doctor to patient ratio
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken considerable steps to strengthen the churning of doctors in India by taking adequate steps to boost the administration of medical colleges
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is taking cognizance of the skewed up ratio of the ration of doctors available for each patients in India. As per the WHO Norm the ideal doctor to patient ratio is 1:1000. However, if we look at the Indian statistics, there are 9.29 lakh doctors registered with the Indian Medical Register at the end of March 31, 2014. Considering 82% availability of doctors for active service in India, the doctor to patient ratio equated here will be 1:1674 .
With the government increasing the norm for Ayurvedic treatments in providing better healthcare facilities in both, urban and rural parts of India, the doctor to patient ratio becomes a bit more favourable at 1:855, taking into account the 6.77 lakh AYUSH doctors.
With laying its focus on improving the doctor availability in India, the government has taken few steps at the ground level to ease the pressure. The Health Minister JP Nadda states this in a written reply to Rajya Sabha recently.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is taking cognizance of the skewed up ratio of the ration of doctors available for each patients in India. As per the WHO Norm the ideal doctor to patient ratio is 1:1000. However, if we look at the Indian statistics, there are 9.29 lakh doctors registered with the Indian Medical Register at the end of March 31, 2014. Considering 82% availability of doctors for active service in India, the doctor to patient ratio equated here will be 1:1674 .
With the government increasing the norm for Ayurvedic treatments in providing better healthcare facilities in both, urban and rural parts of India, the doctor to patient ratio becomes a bit more favourable at 1:855, taking into account the 6.77 lakh AYUSH doctors.
With laying its focus on improving the doctor availability in India, the government has taken few steps at the ground level to ease the pressure. The Health Minister JP Nadda states this in a written reply to Rajya Sabha recently.
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