Of them, South Indians constitute a great chunk. In Britain, around
80 percent of the doctors working in hospitals under National
Health Service (NHS), the network of hospitals run by the
Government for the welfare of their citizens, are from India. The
number of South Indians among these Indian doctors is high.
Middle-East also portrays a similar picture. Nurses and
paramedical staff from South India also outnumber other overseas
groups in many countries. These doctors get an opportunity to
have hands-on experience in most modern techniques and
innovations in the medical world. When suc h doctors return home
and join a hospital in South India after years of service in such
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countries, they also carry a treasure of experience with them.
Besides the much needed expertise, they are familiar with the
attitudes and behavioural patterns of the people from across the
globe. This comes handy for these doctors while treating patients
from abroad. Being the backbone of the health care system in
the country, those devoting their lives to services in the health
sector here also have vast experience and caliber. Many of the
doctors do have international stature. South Indian states are
internationally renowned not only for a low birth-rate and a high
life-span of people but also for the surgeons and physicians who
carried out complex surgeries and other treatments elegantly.