Tag: Doctor To Population Ratio In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: When the once in a lifetime pandemic has put a glare on how the shortage of doctors in the critical care had resulted in the loss of more precious lives in the State to the contagion lethal virus, the Fifteenth Finance Commission report released recently had dropped a howler at Odisha. The State has […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding the pandemic push for the registration of new doctors in Odisha, the State is witnessing an acute shortage of allopathic doctors. An estimate puts the requirement of doctors in the State at 43,609 as against the current number of 26,924 if Odisha has to meet the national average of doctor to population ratio. […]