Medical education capacity is anaemic at the undergraduate level
India will produce 171 IAS officers, 700 pilots, 8,000 chartered accountants, 3 lakh MBAs and 15 lakh engineers this year. But only 45,000 doctors. Quantity and quality can be conflicting objectives and every profession strikes a different balance. Some institutions, like the IAS, IIMs and IITs, have tight entry gates but wide open exit gates — almost nobody fails to finish once they get in.
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