A Snapshot of India’s Medical Education and Healthcare Capacity

Just doing some research after reading morning news on number of 9900 seats added in medical education system this year. Few startling data points 

Few data points 

  1. ⁠India produce 1.2 lacs doctors per year.
  2. Total registered doctors in India are 14 lacs which translates to 1 doctor per 1000.
  3. The medical seats in India has gone up from 50000 to 136000 per year in last 15 years. 
  4. As per data india has only 4 million nurses ie 3 per 1000.
  5. The world best number of doctors are Cuba with 8 doctors per 1000 and few European countries with 5 doctors per 1000.
  6. US still has 3 doctors per 1000.
  7. The best performing countries have 21 nurses per 1000 while US has 15 nurses and india with just

August 5, 2026

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