Jharkhand last got a 'new' medical college 50 years back

Can you believe that there is a state that hasn't had a single new medical college opening in half a century? The last medical college to open in Jharkhand was the government-run Patliputra Medical College in Dhanbad in 1969, long before the state even came into existence. There are just two more medical colleges in the state, both government-run, opened in 1960 and 1961. Jharkhand also happens to be the state with the worst doctor to population ratio of close to one for every 8,200 people.
In spite of this, even in 2019, the year that witnessed the largest ever expansion of medical seats, especially government seats, Jharkhand did not get a single new college.About 231 medical colleges have been opened across India since 2010, yet not one in Jharkhand. An AIIMS has been sanctioned for Deoghar in the state, but that's still in the pipeline.
Chattisgarh is another state with an abysmal doctor-population ratio of 1:4,338. Yet, it too got no new colleges in the 2019 mega expansion. Bihar, with a doctor-population ratio worse than 1:3,200 got just one new private college. Thus the three states worst off in terms of doctor population ratios have been largely ignored even in the current year.
Unlike Jharkhand, however, Chhattisgarh has added seven new colleges since 2010, four of which were government run, though two of these seven have been debarred from admission this year. Bihar too has added six new colleges from 2010, including four government ones with 100 seats each.
Other states with poor doctor population ratios such as Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh got seven, four and three government colleges respectively, each with 100 seats in the 2019 expansion. Even states which already have a glut of doctors, like Tamil Nadu with one doctor for just over 250 people, got two new colleges, one private and one government owned, with 150 seats each.
From 2010 onwards, medical colleges and MBBS seats have increased substantially, especially in the government sector. Every big state, including those complaining of over-production of doctors has continued to open new medical colleges barring Jharkhand. Uttar Pradesh saw the greatest increase with the addition of 29 colleges taking the total number to 55, second only to Karnataka with 59 colleges. The state has only one doctor for every 3,767 persons.
Interestingly, Karnataka, which already had among the highest number of medical colleges, saw 19 more being opened from 2010, of which 10 were private with 150 seats each. Of these 10 new private colleges, five have been opened in Bengaluru, which already had seven. Two of the nine government colleges set up since 2010 are also in Bengaluru, taking the total in the city to 14. Karnataka's doctor-population is 1:507, well above the WHO target of 1:1,000.
Tamil Nadu has added 13 colleges since 2010, of which seven were government colleges. It now has a total of 49 colleges, not counting nine in adjoining Pondicherry. Kerala, which is also facing a glut with one doctor for about 500 people, added four government colleges with 100 seats each and seven private one with 150 seats each in the current decade. The net result is that some states are facing a steadily worsening glut of doctors while others are facing desperate shortages that are not getting addressed.