Publication: Geographic Origin of Nepali Doctors
Date
2004
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
Though the history of in-country training of doctors in Nepal is not long, Nepal had started training doctors in
abroad long ago. This is probably the first paper of its kind to correlate the developmental and ecological region to
the country of training of Nepali doctors. This retrospective analysis reveals that nearly 38% doctors are trained in
India, 22% each from former USSR and Nepal, 10% from Bangladesh, and 2.5% from Pakistan. Other countries
contribute very few in the list. Nearly 2/3 rd of the doctors represent the central developmental region and most of
them are from Kathmandu valley. Ecologically mountain and hills are in great minority compared to Kathmandu
valley and Terai. Interestingly training in former USSR shows a bit wider base regarding the origin in terms of
developmental region. And Nepal has a clear broad base both in terms of developmental and ecological regions. As
most of the doctors among Nepal trained ones are from IOM, the role of IOM way of selecting medical students
need a deeper look into it.
Key words: Training doctors, Nepali doctors; Geographic origin of doctors