Ind𝕴ia at present has 1.96 nurses per 1,000 population, the Union Health ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Responding to a question in the Upper House, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said as per Indian Nursing Council records, there are around 33.41 lakh registered n🎶ursing personnel, including 23,40,501 registered nurses and registered midwives, and 10,00,805 nurse associates (9,43,951 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives), and 56,854 lady health visitors in the country.
"The nurse-population rati🃏o in the country at present is 1.96 nurses per 1,000 population," Mandaviya said in a written response.
There are 13,01,319 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission as of N🦄ovember 2021.
The doctor-population ratio is 1:834 in the country assuming 80 per cent availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.6�ඣ�5 lakh AYUSH doctors.
"Also, there are 2.89 lakh registered dentists and 13 lakh allied and healthcare professionals in the country,"♋; he said.
Mandaviya further said the number of undergraduate seats has increased from 5𓆏1,348 before 2🦂014 to 89,875 as of date which is a hike of 75 per cent.
The number of post-graduate seats has increased by 9💧3 per cent from 31,185 before 2014 to 60,202, he added.
