Unbelievable

Mercy gave us an amazing factoid today:

There are 38 Million people living in Kenya today, but there are only 6000 doctors.
50% of those doctors leave Kenya to pursue a medical career elsewhere.
Of the 3000 doctors left, 30-40% choose to work in private practice or in private hospitals, which means they are not treating the public.
That is just over 1500 doctors to treat 38 million Kenyans.
Amazing.

And...the average doctor that treats the general public earns approximately $1000/month before taxes.