Table 6.1 :  DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL STAFF IN MALE' AND ATOLLS, 2006-2007
	2006
	Republic					Male'				Atolls
Personnel	Both Sex		Male	Female		Both Sex	Male	Female		Both Sexes	Male	Female
Doctors	418		246	87		211	144	67		122	102	20
General duty doctors	232	1_/	100	47		92	56	36		55	44	11
Specialists	186		146	40		119	88	31		67	58	9
Nurses	1,221		14	966		545	6	539		435	8	427
Staff nurses	754	1_/	14	616		424	6	418		206	8	198
Nurses	467	1_/	0	350		121	0	121		229	-	229
Paramedical Staff	624		85	113		366	67	102		212	33	23
Laboratory technicians	146	1_/	42	69		78	22	56		33	20	13
Laboratory assistants	49	1_/	6	32		30	4	26		8	2	6
Physiotherapists	17		10	7		14	9	5		3	1	2
Radiographers	32		27	5		20	17	3		12	10	2
Microscopist	0		0	0		0	-	-		0	-	-
Microbiologist	2		0	0		2	-	2		0	-	-
Food technologist	3		0	0		3	-	3		0	-	-
Dentist	16		0	0		16	9	7		0	-	-
Dental Mechanic	4		0	0		4	4	-		0	-	-
Dental Hygienist	2		0	0		2	2	-		0	-	-
Pharmacists / Pharmacy Asst.*	352		0	0		196	-	-		156	-	-
Dietician	1		0	0		1	-	1		0	-	-
Community Health Personnel	816		0	0		0	0	0		816	154	662
Community Health Workers	201		0	0		0	-	-		201	104	97
Family Health Workers	279		0	0		0	-	-		279	50	229
Traditional Birth Attendant (Foolhuma)	336		0	0		0	0	0		336	0	336
Trained**	172		0	0		0	-	-		172	-	172
Untrained**	164		0	0		0	-	-		164	-	164
* gender-wise not available / registered no. only
** provisional
1_/ Both sexes total includes health personnel working in Health Centers and Heath Posts (desegregation by gender not available fro these personnel's)
Health personnel working in Health Centers and Heath Posts
General duty doctors	85
Staff nurses	124
Nurses	117
Laboratory technicians	35
Laboratory assistants	11
Table 6.1 (continued)
	2007
	Republic					Male'				Atolls 2_/
Personnel	Both Sex		Male	Female		Both Sex	Male	Female		Both Sexes	Male	Female
Doctors	552		432	120		259	178	81		293	254	39
General duty doctors	332		261	71		123	77	46		209	184	25
Specialists	220		171	49		136	101	35		84	70	14
Nurses	1,539		30	1,509		621	8	613		918	22	896
Staff nurses	1,101		26	1,075		510	8	502		591	18	573
Nurses	438		4	434		111	0	111		327	4	323
Paramedical Staff	597		155	165		332	76	112		265	79	53
Laboratory technicians	196		90	106		95	30	65		101	60	41
Laboratory assistants	54		13	41		42	9	33		12	4	8
Physiotherapists	15		10	5		12	8	4		3	2	1
Radiographers	44		35	9		28	22	6		16	13	3
Microscopist	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
Microbiologist	4		1	3		4	1	3		0	0	0
Food technologist	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
Dentist	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
Dental Mechanic	3		3	0		3	3	0		0	0	0
Dental Hygienist	3		3	0		3	3	0		0	0	0
Pharmacists / Pharmacy Asst.*	277		0	0		144	0	0		133	0	0
Dietician	1		0	1		1	0	1		0	0	0
Community Health Personnel	785		141	644		2	0	2		783	141	642
Community Health Workers	190		88	102		2	0	2		188	88	100
Family Health Workers	288		53	235		0	0	0		288	53	235
Traditional Birth Attendant (Foolhuma)	307		0	307		0	0	0		307	0	307
Trained	251		0	251		0	0	0		251	0	251
Untrained	56		0	56		0	0	0		56	0	56
* gender-wise not available / registered no. only
2_/  Doctors, nurses and paramedical staffs of health posts is not included
Source: Ministry of Health
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