India, March 27 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
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RHS/HDI
Link
1.
RHS 2018-19
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Final%20RHS%202018-19_0.pdf
2.
RHS 2019-20
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/RHS%202019-20_2.pdf
3.
RHS 2020-21
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/rhs20-21_2.pdf
4.
RHS 2021-22
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/RHS%202021-22_2.pdf
5.
HDI 2022-23
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Health%20Dynamics%20of%20India%20%28Infrastructure%20%26%20Human%20Resources%29%202022-23_RE%20%281%29.pdf
Health Dynamics of India (HDI) (Infrastructure & Human Resources), 2022-23 is an annual publication, based on Health care administrative data reported by States/UTs. The State/ UT-wise details doctors and their vacancies and sanctioned posts at Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres during the last five years are available at website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the following Uniform Resources Locators (URLs):
Health is a state subject. The primary responsibility of strengthening public healthcare system, including filling up of the vacancies in healthcare facilities lies with the respective State/UT Governments. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs to strengthen the public healthcare system in rural areas based on the proposals received in the form of Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) under National Health Mission. Government of India provides approval for the proposal in the form of Record of Proceedings (RoPs) as per norms & available resources. States/ UTs are to ensure availability of HR by creating adequate number of regular posts as per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) in the long run and use NHM posts in the short to medium term to fill critical gaps. The NHM supplements the regular human resources by filling up the gaps in human resources in secondary and primary care facilities (District Hospital and below) as per IPHS.
As per information provided by National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 13,88,185 registered allopathic doctors and 7,51,768 registered AYUSH practitioners. Assuming that 80% of registered practitioners in both the allopathic and AYUSH systems are available, the doctor-population ratio in the country is estimated to be 1:811.
Under NHM, following types of incentives are given for encouraging doctors to practice in rural and remote areas of the country to address the shortage of doctors in Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres:
The measures/steps taken by the Government to increase the doctors/medical professionals in the country include:
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
