Health manpower loss and its impact on a developing country: An Indian study

A Pakkala; AL Bajentri; CP Ganashree; T Raghavendra

doi:10.4103/9783-1230.139165

Journal of Medical Investigations and Practice

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Year : 2014 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 67-69

Health manpower loss and its impact on a developing country: An Indian study

A Pakkala¹, AL Bajentri², CP Ganashree³, T Raghavendra⁴
¹ Department of Physiology, PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
² Department of Physiology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, India
³ Department of Physiology, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
A Pakkala
Department of Physiology, PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/9783-1230.139165

Health manpower is an important aspect of health care services. Like most of the countries in the world our country lacks resources for health care, hence the need for proper allocation and efficient utilization. There is no policy on health manpower or materials provided in the National Health Policy. In the absence of this there is nothing in the policy to prevent brain drain of doctors trained on public money. As a developing country, we can ill afford to have the dubious distinction of Indian doctors accounting for highest Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certifications and verification of credentials. The government should urgently address the need for arresting the trend of brain drain among Indian doctors

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