29,648 PG Medical Seats in India: National Health Profile 2018

As per the NHP, as on December 2017, there were 3814 PG Diploma seats and 25,834 for MD/MS courses. The same number for super-specialization stood at 2351, however, the document added that the list was incomplete

Human Resources for Health is the most important building block of public health. Availability of an adequate number of human resources with suitable skill mix and their appropriate deployment at different levels of health care set-up are essential for providing effective health care services for the population.

Recently published National Health Profile ( NHP) 2018 indeed provides a concise summary of the status of healthcare infrastructure including the availability ( or the lack thereoff) of the Human resources of Health in the country

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Correspondingly, the document also summarises the medical education infrastructure in the country, throwing light on the number of MBBS as well as PG Medical courses running the country.

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With regards to the PG Medical courses, NHP draws data from the courses offered by various medical colleges which are recognized by the Medical Council of India. The PG courses under the MCI as broadly categorized as PG Diploma, MD/MS and super-specialized courses under DM/Mch qualifications.

As per the NHP, as on December 2017, there were 3814 PG Diploma seats and 25,834 for MD/MS . The number of super-specialization stood at 2351, however, the document added that the list was incomplete

In terms of specialization, Maximum number of  courses are being run under the field of Anaesthesia ( 639 Diploma seats and 2375 MD seats ), followed by gynecology and obstetrics ( 675 Diploma and 1969 MS seats)

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PG Diploma Courses

S.no	Type	Course name	Number of seats across country
1	Diploma	Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy	131
2	Diploma	Anaesthesia	639
3	Diploma	Child Health	547
4	Diploma	Clinical pathology	254
5	Diploma	Forensic medicine	24
6	Diploma	Health Education	20
7	Diploma	Community Medicine	11
8	Diploma	Health Administration	6
9	Diploma	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	675
10	Diploma	Ophthalmology	339
11	Diploma	Orthopaedics	305
12	Diploma	Oto-Rhino-laryngology	213
13	Diploma	Physical Medicine & rehabilitation	10
14	Diploma	Psychological medicine	134
15	Diploma	Public Health	90
16	Diploma	Radiotherapy	29
17	Diploma	Radio-Diagnosis	286
18	Diploma	Sports Medicine	6
19	Diploma	TB & Chest Diseases	95
	Total		3814

Source: Medical Council of India

 MD/ MS Courses

s.no	type	course name	Number of seats across country
1	MD/MS	Anaesthesiology	2375
2	MD/MS	Aviation Medicine/ Aerospace Medicine	17
3	MD/MS	Bio-Chemistry	629
4	MD/MS	Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy	708
5	MD/MS	Forensic Medicine/ Forensic Medicine & Toxicology	410
6	MD/MS	General Medicine	3121
7	MD/MS	Hospital Administration & Community Health Administration	47
8	MD/MS	Immuno Hematology & Blood transfusion	66
9	MD/MS	Microbiology	898
10	MD/MS	Paediatrics	1639
11	MD/MS	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	61
12	MD/MS	Physiology	810
13	MD/MS	Psychiatry	625
14	MD/MS	Radio Diagnosis/Radiology	1189
15	MD/MS	Radiotherapy	299
16	MD/MS	Social& Preventive Medicine/ Community Medicine	916
17	MD/MS	TB& Respiratory Diseases/ Pulmonary Medicine	478
18	MD/MS	Anatomy	816
19	MD/MS	Obstretics & Gynaecolog	1969
20	MD/MS	Ophthalmology	1156
21	MD/MS	Emergency Medicine	81
22	MD/MS	Pathology	1524
23	MD/MS	Pharmacology	829
24	MD/MS	Nuclear Medicine	34
25	MD/MS	Sports Medicine	10
26	MD/MS	Transfusion Medicine	12
27	MD/MS	ENT	777
28	MD/MS	General Surgery	2877
29	MD/MS	Orthopaedics	1461
	Total		25834

Source: Medical Council of India

DM/MCH Courses

s.no	type DM/MCH	course name	Number of seats across country
1	DM/MCH	Cardiology	324
2	DM/MCH	Clinical Pharmacology	24
3	DM/MCH	Endocrinology	79
4	DM/MCH	Gastroenterology	131
5	DM/MCH	Neonatology	45
6	DM/MCH	Nephrology	128
7	DM/MCH	Neurology	232
8	DM/MCH	Oncology	91
9	DM/MCH	Head and Neck Surgery	7
10	DM/MCH	Cardiac - Anaes	43
11	DM/MCH	Pulmonary Medicine	27
12	DM/MCH	Rheumatology	14
13	DM/MCH	Cardio Thoracic Surgery	83
14	DM/MCH	Cardio Thoracic vascular Surgery	108
15	DM/MCH	Endocrine Surgery	7
16	DM/MCH	Neuro Surgery	242
17	DM/MCH	Plastic Surgery	193
18	DM/MCH	Surgical Gastroenterology/ G I Surgery	51
19	DM/MCH	Surgical Oncology	88
20	DM/MCH	Thoracic Surgery	34
21	DM/MCH	Urology/ Genito Urinary Surgery	225
22	DM/MCH	Vascular Surgery	12
23	DM/MCH	Paeditric Surgery	163

Source: Medical Council of India

Note: Regarding other Specialities and Superspecialities, data is not available

For state wise division of the courses, click on the following link

http://www.cbhidghs.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/Chapter%205.pdf