Availability of Health Personnel in the Country

As per the 12th Five Year Plan document of the Planning Commission, the current availability of health personnel in the country is 241 per lakh population which is below the minimum requirement of 250 per lakh population. The category-wise details of current availability of health personnel are as under:

Category

Density*

Physician

57

AYUSH

44

Dentists

7

Nurses/GNM

61

ANM

30

Pharmacist

41

Total

241

* Density per lakh population.

As per the 12th Five Year Plan document of the Planning Commission, given the existing production capacity, Thecountry can expect an availability of 354 health personnel per lakh population by 2017, as per category-wise details given below

Category

Density*

Physician

65

AYUSH

49

Dentists

15

Nurses/GNM

115

ANM

39

Pharmacist

70

Total

354

* Density per lakh population
This information was given by Minister for Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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