Over 10,000 registered specialist doctors in Nepal: NMC

BY A STAFF REPORTER,Kathmandu,Mar.1 : The number of specialist doctors in Nepal has surpassed 10,000 mark. According to the statistics provided by the Nepal Medical Council (NMC), the number of registered specialist doctors as of mid-January this year has reached 10,080. Among them, 7,110 are men and 2,970 are women.

As per the statistics of the council, 32,218 doctors have been registered in Nepal so far. Of these, 27, 805 are registered under medical and 4,413 under dental units. Most of the registered specialist doctors – 1,088 – specialise in internal medicines, followed by obstetricians and gynecologists (994), general surgeons (947), orthopedics (805), pediatric specialists (781), anesthesiology (677), and radiology (663).