MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

MEDICAL PROFESSION

There appears to be a considerable increase in the number of persons following the medical profession. In 1951, there were 226 registered medical practitioners, 122 vaidyas and hakims, 18 midwives, 141 nurses, four vaccinators, 101 compounders, 298 employees in hospitals and health services, six dentists and 18 veterinary surgeons in the district. The earnings in the medical profession indicate a substantial rise. Most of the doctors possessed the latest medical equipment enabling them to perform minor surgical operations. Of recent, there have been more consultants specializing in different branches of anatomy in Satara and Karad. However, the proportion of doctors to the entire population of the district is very low and more so, the proportion of doctors to rural population.

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