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India has been one of the most important source country of medical doctors for the advanced countries since the 1960s. [18] An estimated total of 20,315 emigrated Indian physicians and 22,786 Indian nurses were working in the OECD countries in the year 2000. [ 19 ]
As of 22 September 2024, there are 583 medical colleges and 64 stand alone PG Institutes in India whose qualifications are recognized by the National Medical Commission. Following is a complete list of medical colleges in India.
In 2008, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda first announced the plan for establishing a women's medical college under the Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University at Khanpur Kalan [3] but got affiliation from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences which was established in 2008 and became affiliating university of all Medical Colleges of Haryana state.
Indian law requires these institutions to be recognized by the National Medical Commission, which replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2019. The Indian government keeps an updated list of these approved medical colleges. [1] Many persons without MBBS degrees practice like doctors in India. They are called quacks.
Also: India: People: By occupation: Medical doctors / Women scientists: Women physicians This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indian medical doctors . It includes medical doctors that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Bhore committee, a committee for public health improvement strategies, in 1946 decided to stop the LMS (or, LMP) degree, and recommended a single qualification for all doctors (MBBS). [2] The qualification was known by some other names in some of the states/universities, such as Licentiate of Medical Faculty (LMF). [3]
The medical college was established in 1957 as the second medical college in Kerala by Dr. A. R. Menon MBBS, FRCH, Minister for Health, EMS ministry. With over 3025 beds, it is currently the largest hospital in India and tenth largest in the world.
The American counterpart is conducted within a specific medical specialty and is called a "resident" or a "resident doctor" (i.e., a resident physician or a resident surgeon, etc.). In some countries, they are also called a "senior house officer". Post-internship, a MBBS graduate can practice medicine independently in India.