that “an all-time record
number of over 4,000 PG
medical seats have been
approved by Government
of India in various medical
colleges and hospitals
for the academic session
2017-18 this year, taking
the total number of PG
seats available to 35,117.”
The Health Minister
added that of the total
increase, 2,046 seats
are in medical colleges.
Looking at the need to
increase PG seats in
clinical subjects, the
Government had decided
to amend the teacher-
student ratio in clinical
subjects in government
medical colleges. This
change alone has resulted
in the creation of 1,137
extra seats in 71 colleges.
Many others out of the
total of 212 government
colleges are sending
their proposals and it
is expected that at least
1000 more seats can
be added during the
month of March 2017,
Mr Nadda stated.
The number of patients
visiting three Central
Government Hospitals
viz. Safdarjung Hospital,
Dr RML Hospital and
LHMC and associated
Hospitals for treatment is
much larger as compared
to their handling capacity
in terms of number
of beds, manpower
and other resources.
Despite availability of
huge infrastructure and
other services in these
Hospitals, there is a
waiting period for certain
procedures due to the
ever increasing pressure
on infrastructure and
available manpower in
these hospitals, which
varies from Department
to Department in
these Hospitals.
As per information
provided by Medical
Council of India, there are
a total 9,88,922 allopathic
doctors registered with
the State Medical Council/
Medical Council of India
as on June 30, 2016.
Assuming 80 percent
availability, it is estimated
that around 7.91 lakh
doctors may be actually
available for active
service. It gives a doctor-
population ratio of 1:1668
as per current population
estimate of 1.32 billion.
Medical Teachers’
Association
protests over
new rules on
diagnostic
laboratory
Close to 10 lakh
doctors for 1.32
billion people
in India
While many corporate
hospitals and
private diagnostic
laboratories in the
country have Medical
M.Sc. postgraduates
interpreting and signing
laboratory test reports, the
Clinical Establishments
(Central Government)
Rules make it mandatory
that all diagnostic
laboratories should have
doctors (registered with
MCI or State Medical
Council) to do the task.
The implementation of
these rules in two States
recently—Rajasthan and
Jharkhand—is making
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