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Broadly, what percentage of doctors in USA were Indians in 2002?
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- 38
- 30
- 20
- 15
Correct Option: C
The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S. The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S.