North India Has Maximum Doctors in India: IMS Health

Underlining how skewed the distribution of healthcare professionals across the country`s population is, the report said: "Cities of North India account for 31 per cent of doctors in the country, but only 28 per cent of the country`s population resides there."

There is a high disparity even in the distribution of chemists across the country.

"Around 42 percent of chemists in India are concentrated in the top nine most populated cities and 29 per cent of chemist sales are performed without any prescription," the report said.

Significantly, according to the census 37 per cent of chemist outlets are attached to doctor clinics, polyclinics, hospital facilities, and nursing homes.

"Ultimately, this census will help identify over-and- under-served regions and enable the healthcare system in India to run much more intelligently," MS Health India Strategic Planning Senior Director Kumar Hinduja said.

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