Lok Sabha Question No. 2203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Doctors as Percentage of Population
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 2203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020

## DOCTORS AS PERCENTAG E OF POPULATION

## 2203. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the ratios recommended by WHO worldwide with regards to doctors, hospital beds, ICU beds and Ventilators as a percentage of the population and the present status of these ratios in India;

(b)whether each such ratio in the country is at par with the WHO recommendations, if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  if  not,  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government to  meet  the  International  standards  in healthcare facilities/ services in the country?

## ANSWE R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to(c)  As per information provided by the Board of Governors in supersession of Med Council of India (MCI), 12,55,786 allopathic doctors are registered in the country as th June, 2020. Assuming 80% availability, it is estimated that around 10.05 la kh doctors may be actually available for active service. It gives a doctor - populati n ratio of 1:1343 as per current population estimate of 135 crore against the WHO norms of 1:1000. Besides, there are 7.88 Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy (AUH) doctors in the country. Assuming 80% availability, it is estimated that around 6.30 lakh Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy (AUH) doctors may als be  available  for  service  and  considered  together  with  allopathic  doctors  it  gives  a population ratio of 1:825.

A s per provisional data of National Health Profile 2019, compiled by the Central B of  Health  Intelligence(CBHI),  one  bed  in  Government  Hospitals  including  Primary  Heal Centre (PHCs) in rural and urban areas is available for average 1890 people in the country. The requirement of hospitals beds varies from one region to another based on age mix of popu and  disease  profile,  their  incidence  and  prevalence  rates.  Further,  the  details  of  S - wise number  of    ICU    beds    and    ventilators    in  different Government  (Central  and  State)  run

Dedicated COVID Hospitals is at Annexure.  Data pertaining to international standards maintained centrally.

Since Health is a state subject, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Go to  make  effo rts  for  improving  healthcare  facilities  in  the  State  in  accordance  wit requirement and fund availability. However, the Central Government provides assistance t State Government in their efforts to provide better health care facilities to the peop le through various schemes including National Health Mission(NHM) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes.

Annexure State - wise details of ICU beds and ventilators in different Government (Central and State) run Dedicated COVID Hospitals * (as on 16 th September, 2020)

|   S. No. | State / UT Name             |   ICU beds |   Ventilators |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |         18 |            18 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh              |       1367 |           484 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |         43 |            11 |
|        4 | Assam                       |        329 |           278 |
|        5 | Bihar                       |        218 |           262 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                  |         60 |            30 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                |        338 |           270 |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |         46 |            46 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu                 |         21 |            11 |
|       10 | Delhi                       |       1075 |           956 |
|       11 | Goa                         |         35 |           117 |
|       12 | Gujarat                     |       1454 |          1840 |
|       13 | Haryana                     |        214 |           165 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh            |         69 |            72 |
|       15 | Jammu and Kashmir           |        284 |           236 |
|       16 | Jharkhand                   |        103 |            74 |
|       17 | Karnataka                   |       1238 |           853 |
|       18 | Kerala                      |        747 |           357 |
|       19 | Ladakh                      |         31 |            25 |
|       20 | Lakshadweep                 |          3 |             2 |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh              |        721 |           308 |
|       22 | Maharashtra                 |       4039 |          2848 |
|       23 | Manipur                     |         20 |            24 |
|       24 | Meghalaya                   |         69 |            71 |
|       25 | Mizoram                     |         40 |            58 |
|       26 | Nagaland                    |         50 |            25 |
|       27 | Odisha                      |        222 |           140 |
|       28 | Puducherry                  |         57 |            50 |
|       29 | Punjab                      |        348 |           111 |
|       30 | Rajasthan                   |        939 |           602 |
|       31 | Sikkim                      |         20 |            57 |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu                  |       3595 |          2134 |
|       33 | Telangana                   |        815 |           303 |
|       34 | Tripura                     |         73 |            19 |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh               |       2110 |          1512 |
|       36 | Uttarakhand                 |        376 |           423 |
|       37 | West Bengal                 |        406 |           340 |

* Source: as reported by districts on S3 portal