India's Doctor Shortage Reflects Problems in Medical Education

Low salaries and red tape have limited the appeal of medicine as a profession

On a hot Tuesday morning, more than 300 patients and anxious relatives cram themselves inside the waiting room of the outpatient department of radiation oncology here at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, one of the country's top medical schools.

"I see about 100 patients, sometimes more, in a single day," says Kumar Harsh, 31, a senior resident at the institute, sitting in his small cubicle

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