Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- Haryana Health Minister Aarti Singh Rao today said that the State Government is actively working to improve the doctor-population ratio by increasing MBBS seats through the establishment of new medical colleges in both the public and private sectors.
She informed that while Haryana had only 700 MBBS seats in 2014, the number has now risen to 2,710.
The Health Minister was replying to a question raised by a member during the ongoing Winter Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here.
She further informed the House that, as per the reply of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Lok Sabha in 2018, the doctor-population ratio stood at one doctor per 1,000 people.
Referring to the data of the Haryana Medical Co...