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Doha
While the coronavirus pandemic is sweeping across the world, overwhelming already strained heathcare systems, Qatar seems to be in a fairly solid position to deal with the virus with its army of doctors.
The country has the best healthcare system in world in terms of the doctors per capita, according to worldatlas.com.
Qatar has 77.4 physicians per 10,000 people (7.74 per 1,000 people) followed by Monaco (71.7), Cuba (67.2), Greece, San Marino (54, 51), Spain (49.5), and Austria (48.3).
Qatar's figure assumes significance when it is juxtaposed with the global average of 1.13 doctors for every 1,000 people.
For some countries, the rates are even much lower. This shocking revelation has led the World Health Organization to estimate that in the next decade or so, there will be a global shortage of about 4.3 million healthcare workers when including physicians, nurses, and medical technologists.
