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5. Clinical Specialists in MoH Hospitals
The number of specialists and subspecialists in MoH Hospitals are increasing year by year. In 2017,
there was 6.76 per cent increase in the total number of specialists as compared to 2016. Even though
there is an increase of number of specialists every year, however it is still not enough to cater the need
of the country as we are moving towards developed country.

Table 19
Number of Clinical Specialists in MoH Hospitals (2013 to 2017)

No. of Specialists (Including subspecialty trainee and
Discipline specialists on contract basis)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Anaesthesiology 387 479 474 514 533
Cardiology 51 51 49 46 68
Cardiothoracic Surgery 22 24 24 21 19
Dermatology 40 41 40 40 47
Emergency Medicine 146 207 207 246 271
Forensic 27 28 28 27 31
General Medicine 552 622 644 804 790
General Surgery 262 287 284 303 321
Hand and Microsurgery 1 1 1 1 0
Nephrology 71 71 70 67 75
Neurology 28 30 30 29 37
Neurosurgery 33 47 46 54 57
Nuclear Medicine 13 22 22 22 25
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 300 303 293 306 329
Ophthalmology 226 233 232 252 278
Orthopaedic 249 278 276 297 328
Otorhinolaryngology 146 159 159 162 162
Paediatric 398 438 435 459 478
Paediatric Surgery 20 25 24 27 32
Pathology 260 306 305 333 384
Plastic Surgery 27 27 26 30 31
Psychiatry 158 176 176 203 223
Radiology 249 275 275 324 339
Radiotherapy and Oncology 29 32 31 31 34
Rehabilitation Medicine 40 49 49 57 62
Respiratory Medicine 40 39 38 37 43
Sports Medicine 13 19 19 23 27
Urology 32 30 28 27 35
Transfusion Medicine 24 34 34 35 41
Total 3,845 4,333 4,319 4777 5100
Source: Medical Professional DevelopmentSection, Medical Development Division, MoH
Note: Excluding Family Medicine Specialists, Public Health Specialists and Dental Specialist

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