14,000 fewer doctors, dentists in 15 yrs

(ANSA) - Rome, April 18 - There will be 14,000 fewer doctors and dentists in the national health service in 15 years' time, the Osservasalute observatory said Thursday.
    Only 42,000 or 75% of the 56,000 doctors and dentists now active will be replaced, it said.
    "Doctors and dentists will be ever less numerous and older," the report said.