(MENAFN- The Peninsula) It is a general perception in Pakistan that uneducated people do not allow women to work and girls should be provided education to make them an effective part of society.
But yesterday, the participants of a news conference were informed that about 50 percent of women, who graduated from medical colleges, never worked.
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) President Prof Dr Masood Hameed told the news conference that female medical students occupied the general merit seats in public sector medical colleges and got subsidy but after completing their education they never started their professional career.
Dr Hameed said at the moment there were 78,037 male and 65,324 female doctors, 5,420 male dental practitioners and 8,300 female dental practitioners in Pakistan. Out of the total medical and dental practitioners, almost 50 percent are women, he added.
"Only 50 percent of the female doctors are working. On the other hand, a number of doctors (mostly males) have gone out of the country. There are around 50,000 to 60,000 medical practitioners against the demand of 600,000 in the country," he said. "We need more medical and dental colleges. Pakistan is producing around 14,000 doctors per year out of whom 70 percent are women. It is feared that almost 50 percent of the medical students would never work," he said.
Dr Hameed said in Pakistan only $9.3 were spent on the healthcare of each citizen per year against the international standard of $60.
Moreover, migration of doctors and the rapidly increasing population is adding to the problem." He said so far the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) produced only 32,879 specialists out of whom 40 percent left the country. So there are only 20,000 specialists against the requirement of 100,000.
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