{"id":218863,"date":"2022-12-17T19:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T13:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218863"},"modified":"2022-12-17T19:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T13:58:47","slug":"medical-manna-public-health-must-offer-incentives-to-recruit-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/medical-manna-public-health-must-offer-incentives-to-recruit-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical manna: Public health must offer incentives to recruit doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cMedical manna: Public health must offer incentives to recruit doctors\u201d <\/strong>published in <b>The Times of India <\/b>on <strong>17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 3 \u2013 Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: About increasing doctor count.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: There is an increase in undergraduate medical seats from 53,000 in 2014 to 96,000 in 2022 and postgraduate seats from 31,000 seats to 63,000.<\/p>\n<h5>About the status of increasing doctor count<\/h5>\n<p>Between 2011 and 2021, government medical seats have increased faster, from 18,000 to 48,000 seats, while private seats went from 22,000 to 44,000.<\/p>\n<p>India has 9 active doctors per 10,000 population. India trail China (22), US (26) and UK (30) in this regard. But at our current pace of adding nearly 1 lakh doctors a year, these deficits will be wiped out in 10-20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates from government colleges have bonds mandating rural service for 1-2 years. The increasing doctor count might address India\u2019s problem of too few doctors in rural areas and backward states in future.<\/p>\n<h5>What are the concerns associated with increasing doctor count?<\/h5>\n<p>All southern states have over 10 UG seats per 10,000 population because they invested early in medical education. Similar numbers in UP and Bengal are 4, Bihar and Jharkhand 2.<\/p>\n<p>As quantity is increasing, ensuring quality medical education will be tougher. So, India should address this interstate variation before it creates further challenges.<\/p>\n<h5>What does India need to do with an increased doctor count?<\/h5>\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> With thousands of new doctors, the <strong>public health system must grow massively to absorb them<\/strong> into its ranks, <strong>b)<\/strong> Government should <strong>provide jobs at attractive salaries <\/strong>that can address the issue of doctors preferring cities, and <strong>c)<\/strong> India should <strong>promote migration of medical graduates from south to north<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cMedical manna: Public health must offer incentives to recruit doctors\u201d published in The Times of India on 17th\u00a0November 2022. Syllabus: GS \u2013 3 \u2013 Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health. Relevance: About increasing doctor count. 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