MBBS SEATS

March 28, 2022

The number of undergraduate medical seats has increased from 51,348 before 2014 to 89,875 seats as of date, which is an increase of 75% while the number of medical postgraduate seats has gone up by 93% from 31,185 seats before 2014 to 60,202, Union Minister for Health informed Lok Sabha.

About:

  • The doctor-population ratio was 1:834 in the country assuming 80% availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors.

  • Also, there were 2.89 lakh registered dentists, 32.63 lakh registered nursing personnel and 13 lakh Allied and Healthcare professionals in the country.

  • Health was a State subject and the primary responsibility to fill the vacancies of health personnel in government hospitals lay with the State government concerned.

  • There were 13,01,319 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission as on November, 2021.

Source : The Hindu

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