STATUS OF AYURVEDA IN INDIA
The Indian government and non-government organizations have been collecting statistics on the Ayurvedic system in India and these data about the manpower and institutional aspects of Ayurveda have emerged:
Number of registered medical practitioners: 366,812
Number of dispensaries: 22,100
Number of hospitals: 2,189
Number of hospital beds: 33,145
Number of teaching institutions (undergraduate): 187
Number of upgraded postgraduate departments: 51
Number of specialties in postgraduate medical training: 16
Number of pharmacies manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines: 8,400
In India, 60% of registered physicians are involved in non-allopathic systems of medicine. In addition to the nearly 400,000 Ayurvedic practitioners, there are over 170,000 homeopathic physicians; India has about 500,000 medical doctors (similar to the number in the U.S., but serving nearly 4 times as many people)
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