According to the Non‑Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Americas (doctors + nurses + allied health) estimates: there are over 2,500 doctors and over 5,500 nurses of Nepali origin working in the Americas (U.S., Canada, Caribbean, Central & South America). That would put the total Nepali-origin health workforce in the Americas at “over 15,000” when including paramedics, lab techs, pharmacists, public-health professionals. From a Nepali media article: The Nepal Medical Council (NMC) reports many Nepali doctors are migrating abroad. For instance: in 2023, 843 doctors took certification to go to the U.S., and in 2022 about 496 to the U.S. A study of graduates of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Nepal found: of 710 doctors from early batches, 256 (≈36 %) were working abroad; for the last two batches studied the overseas share was 53.5 %. Regarding nurses: More than one-third of the 115,900 nurses registered with the Nepal Nursing Council (NNC) had sought documen...
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