THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 89* FOR 04TH DECEMBER, 2015
(a) As per information provided by respective regulatory bodies, 9,59,198 doctors 7,89,796 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM), 17,93,337 Registered Nurse & Registered Midwives (RN&RM) and 6,74,782 Pharmacists are registered in the country. No such data for Allied Health is maintained centrally. State/UT wise details are at Annexure.
(b) There has been consistent increase in the intake capacity of doctors and other healthcare professionals in the country. The intake capacity at MBBS and PG level has increased from 37192 and 18972 in 2010-11 to 57138 and 25850 respectively in 2015-16. Likewise, the capacity in nursing sector has gone up from 1.88 lakh to 2.94 lakh between 2010 and 2015.
(c) Assuming 80% availability of the 9.59 lakh doctors registered, it is estimated that around 7.67 lakh doctors may be actually available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 1:1681. Besides, there are 6.77 lakhs Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy (AUH) doctors in the country. If the Allopathic and AUH streams are considered together, it gives a doctor population ratio of 1: 893. The WHO norms for doctor population ratio is 1:1000. The HRH density, the composite index of health manpower per 10,000 population, is 26 in India against the WHO norm of 23.
(d) Filling up of vacant posts of the healthcare professionals in the Government Hospitals and health care centers is a continuous process.
(e) A number of measures have been taken in order to meet the need of doctors and other healthcare professionals in the country; these include:
i. The ratio of teachers to students has been revised from 1:1 to 1:2 for all MD/MS disciplines and 1:1 to 1:3 in subjects of Anaesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology.
ii. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.
iii. Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.
iv. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/extension/re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges from 65-70 years.
v. Relaxation in the norms for setting up of a medical college in terms of requirement for land, faculty, staff, bed/ bed strength and other infrastructure.
vi. Strengthening/upgradation of State Government Medical Colleges for starting new PG courses/Increase of PG seats.
vii. Establishment of New Medical Colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals preferably in underserved districts of the country.
viii. Admission to nursing courses allowed for married candidates, student patient ratio relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3, distance of nursing school from hospital and eligibility criteria for admission relaxed
ix. Upgradation/strengthening of Nursing Services (ANM/GNM).
x. Setting up and strengthening of State institutions of Allied Health Sciences in Government Medical Colleges.
xi. Strengthening/Up-gradation of pharmacy institutions in the States and continuing education programme for faculty and practicing pharmacists.
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Annexure
State wise details of available health care professionals in the Country
Sl. No. State Registered Doctors Registered ANM Registered RN & RM Registered Pharmacists
1 Andhra Pradesh 70799 134694 210000 43958
2 Arunachal Pradesh 610 641 510 279
3 Assam 21480 24043 18506 2715
4 Bihar 38260 8624 9413 4163
5 Chhattisgarh 6115 8018 7851 9713
6 Delhi 10932 3720 50197 25030
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli -- -- -- 91
8 Damn & Diu -- -- -- 52
9 Goa 3318 -- -- 466
10 Gujarat 53954 40694 99125 32030
11 Haryana 5717 22850 28356 8757
12 Himachal Pradesh 2035 11448 15424 2818
13 Jammu & Kashmir 13393 -- -- --
14 Jharkhand 4475 4071 2355 --
15 Karnataka 101273 54039 231643 79508
16 Kerala 45772 29710 215708 25481
17 Lakshadweep -- -- -- 3082
18 Madhya Pradesh 31043 37199 108855 1381
19 Maharashtra 153513 51456 106155 156315
20 Manipur -- 3220 5503 --
21 Meghalaya -- 1066 3235 619
22 Mizoram -- 1932 2973 330
23 Nagaland 111 -- -- 1553
24 Orissa 19188 59281 75358 14312
25 Puducherry -- -- -- 2493
26 Punjab 42013 23029 76680 41533
27 Rajasthan 35168 107673 186821 38156
28 Sikkim 864 -- -- --
29 Tamil Nadu 111325 55975 236161 58466
30 Tripura -- 2040 2259 257
31 Uttar Pradesh 65343 43488 42612 30276
32 Uttarakhand 5693 1864 1513 1318
33 West Bengal 64138 59021 56124 89630
34 Medical Council of India 52666 -- -- --
TOTAL 959198 789796 1793337 674782
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