Naveed Yaseen replied on Friday, November 14, 2008 06:55 AM
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> when Govt saw that there is huge surplus of Doctors and engineers in Pakistan
I think Pakistan faces shortage of doctors. Here are some figures...
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The number of doctors registered in Pakistan at present is about 110,000. It is estimated that about 25000 Pakistani doctors are working abroad. Leaving 85000 for a population of about 150 millions making a ratio of one doctor for 1764 persons. The doctor population ratio/recommended for developing countries like Pakistan by W.H.O is 1 doctor for 1,000 populations. At this ratio the requirement of doctors in Pakistan for 150 million population is 150000 doctors. This shows that we require another about 65, 000 doctors in the country to fulfill our own needs. A shortage which appears very difficult for the public sector medical colleges to overcome...
The government medical colleges train about 4000 doctors each year and out of a total of 85000 doctors in the country, about 2000 die each year, about 500 leave the country and go to practice abroad and about 200 particularly lady doctors stop practicing the profession. Only about 1300 doctors are added each year to over all total. In this way it is just not possible to overcome the shortage of 65000 doctors even during the next 50 years.
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Although this excerpt accounted non-practicing female doctors in growth figures, it didn’t account them in existing base figures, so number of doctors practicing in Pakistan is likely to be worse.
The situation is far more worse outside big cities, for higher health complication rate in rural areas, and for general inclination of doctors to urbanize or emigrate.
> Doing GP Clinics where they are Charging 50 to 70 rupees. Now Look at MBBS Doctor
> after Qualification and 10 experience he is available just for 50 Rupees without appointment,
> It shows there is huge surplus of these people in Pakistan,
But there are usually long lines waiting at hour scale for 5-10 minute consultation. I think that indicates shortage rather than surplus.
> Pakistan is the only country in the world where the numbers of Doctors are double of the Nursing staff.
That doesn’t necessarily means doctors are surplus, that may (and likely) mean that qualified nurses are even more short.
2) Situation of engineers is not very different.
If an engineer (or any professional) feels that government or other institutions aren’t properly utilizing his skills, he can, and should, build his own business from his skills.
If he lacks social skills needed for business, he/they should team up with some who do.
3) I believe it is a false sense of economy to think professionals’ forex remittance more valuable than professionals themselves.
What they send home is just a minor fraction of their real value. Most of their value stays abroad in form of,,,,
- well-being of their clientele (immediate and direct effect)
- well-being of their clientele’s dependencies (long-term and indirect effect)
- profits to their employers
- profits to their business's associated businesses
- taxes to their governments
- their role as consumer in economy abroad
- specific social effects in their respective fields (like aggregation, education, confidence and motivation)
- general social effects, difficult to measure but real
If they utilize themselves properly at home (and we should facilitate them to do that), they are lot more valuable at home than abroad. |
