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Update on Ratio Of Patients And Doctors Nurses


82% rise in number of medical colleges from 387 (2014) to 706 (2023)

112% increase in MBBS seats from 51,348 (2014) to 1,08,940 (2023) and 127% increase in PG seats 31,185 (2014) to 70,674 (2023)

Posted On: 12 DEC 2023 4:18PM by PIB Delhi

The government has increased number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 82% in Medical Colleges from 387 before 2014 to 706 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 112% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 1,08,940 as of now and PG seats have been increased to 127% from 31,185 before 2014 to 70,674 as of now.

The Government has taken various steps to further increase the availability of doctors in the country which include:

  1. Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of new medical college by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 108 new medical colleges are already functional out of 157 approved.
  2. Centrally Sponsored Scheme for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.
  3. Under “Upgradation of Government Medical Colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks” of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme, a total of 75 projects have been approved, of which 64 projects are complete.  
  4. Under the Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 of these.
  5. Relaxation in the norms for setting up of Medical College in terms of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure.
  6. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.
  7. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/Dean/Principal/ Director in medical colleges upto 70 years.

 

The Government has also taken the following steps to increase the Nurses in the country:

  1. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for “Establishment of new Medical College attached with existing district/referral hospital” 157 medical colleges have been approved since 2014. Establishment of 157 nursing colleges have been announced in the budget speech 2023-24 in these medical colleges.
  2. For Nursing Educational Programmes, Student patient ratio has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
  3. The land requirement for Nursing Educational Institutes from 3 acres has been relaxed to construct building of 54,000 sq. ft. for School/College of Nursing including Hostel.
  4. To open GNM and B.Sc. (Nursing) programme 100 bedded parent hospital is essential since 2013-2014. However, this is relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.
  5. Relaxed norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme.
  6. Maximum of 100 seats will be granted to the institutions for B.Sc.(N)/GNM programmes which have a parent hospital with 300 beds without insisting on Medical College.
  7. Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed.  
  8. Eligibility Criteria for admission to nursing programmes relaxed.

As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 13,08,009 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission (NMC) as on June, 2022. Assuming 80% availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in the country is 1:834. Also, there are 36.14 lakh nursing personnel in the country as on December, 2022. Assuming 80% availability of nursing personnel, the nurse- population ratio is 1:476.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Annexure-I

STATE/ UT-WISE LIST OF DOCTORS POSSESSING RECOGNISED MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS  AND REGISTERED WITH STATE MEDICAL COUNCILS / THE ERSTWHILE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF  INDIA/ NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION AS ON JUNE, 2022

SI. No.

 

Name of State Medical Council

Total number of allopathic doctors

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh Medical Council

105799

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council

1461

  1.  

Assam Medical Council

25561

  1.  

Bihar Medical Council

48192

  1.  

Chhattisgarh Medical Council

10020

  1.  

Delhi Medical Council

30817

  1.  

Goa Medical Council

4035

  1.  

Gujarat Medical Council

72406

  1.  

Haryana Medical Council

15687

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh Medical Council

5038

  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council

17574

  1.  

Jharkhand Medical Council

7374

  1.  

Karnataka Medical Council

134426

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh Medical Council

42596

  1.  

Maharashtra Medical Council

188545

  1.  

Erstwhile Medical Council of India

52669

  1.  

Mizoram Medical Council

156

  1.  

Nagaland Medical Council

141

  1.  

Orissa Council of Medical Registration

26924

  1.  

Punjab Medical Council

51689

  1.  

Rajasthan Medical Council

48232

  1.  

Sikkim Medical Council

1501

  1.  

Tamil Nadu Medical Council

148217

  1.  

Travancore Medical Council

72999

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh Medical Council

89287

  1.  

Uttaranchal Medical Council

10243

  1.  

West Bengal Medical Council

78740

  1.  

Tripura Medical Council

2681

  1.  

Telangana Medical Council

14999

 

Grand Total

1308009

Source: The National Medical Commission

Note:- Erstwhile MCI had stopped the registration since 2015.

 

Annexure-II

State/UT wise number of trained nurses as on 31.12.2022

S.No.

STATE

ANM

RN & RM

1

Andhra Pradesh

140072

273430

2

Arunachal Pradesh

8147

9070

3

Assam

30174

28599

4

Bihar

19499

26421

5

Chhattisgarh

15213

35052

6

Delhi

5404

85001

7

Goa

424

1546

8

Gujarat

57731

151108

9

Haryana

31989

41518

10

Himachal Pradesh

12007

26611

11

Jharkhand

10900

6773

12

Karnataka

54039

231643

13

Kerala

31646

329492

14

Madhya Pradesh

39563

118793

15

Maharashtra

86426

162205

16

Meghalaya

2339

10626

17

Manipur

4361

12136

18

Mizoram

2570

5282

19

Orissa

75137

91157

20

Punjab

23029

76680

21

Rajasthan

110443

209554

22

Tamil Nadu

64012

348538

23

Tripura

2954

8699

24

Uttar Pradesh

75671

111860

25

Uttarakhand

9779

16947

26

West Bengal

69709

76318

27

Telangana

10219

53314

28

Sikkim

236

2508

29

Nagaland

1477

1536

30

Jammu and Kashmir

5264

3999

Source: Respective State Nurses Registration Council

ANM: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, RN & RM: Registered Nurses & Registered Midwives.

 

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