• About 30% of the 800,000 doctors in America are of foreign origin.
• The USA will be short of doctors by 2025.
• There are about 12,000 Pakistani doctors practicing in the USA.

Pakistan has been a reliable source of foreign doctors for the United States. Currently, a third of all practicing physicians in the United States are of foreign origin, and about 30% of the 800,000 doctors in America are of foreign origin. It is estimated that the United States will be short by approximately 160,000 physicians by 2025, a void that will almost certainly be filled by more foreign doctors.

As of 2013, there were about 12,000 Pakistani doctors practicing in the United States, making Pakistan the third-largest supplier of foreign-trained physicians in the world, with India and the Philippines ranking first and second, respectively. India and Pakistan are also the top two sources of foreign doctors practicing in the UK. The Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi has produced 3,100 doctors, making it the largest pool of doctors among the 12,000 Pakistani doctors practicing in the United States.

It is worth noting that India has six doctors for every 10,000 inhabitants, and Pakistan has eight, while the United States has 25 doctors per 10,000 people. Despite this, the United States continues to import hundreds of doctors from India and Pakistan to ease the current shortage of physicians.

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