MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

MEDICAL SERVICES

Medical Practitioners: As per the Census of 1961, 672 persons were engaged as physicians, surgeons and dentists while 905 persons were engaged as nurses, pharmacists and other medical and health technicians. [During 1973 there were 108 Vaidyas and 317 Nurses in the district.] About 50 per cent of the male doctors in the district, as against 13 per cent in respect of female doctors, were located in rural areas. The details are as under-

TABLE No. 2

Number of persons engaged in Medical and Public Health professions in Akola District according to 1961 Census

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