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Bhutanese health care development accelerated in the early 1960s with the establishment of the Department of Public Health and the opening of new hospitals and dispensaries throughout the country. By the early 1990s, health care was provided through twenty-nine general hospitals (including five leprosy hospitals, three army hospitals, and one ...
In 1967 the king directed the Health Department of Bhutan to establish a traditional medicine system for the welfare of Bhutanese people and to preserve the Bhutanese traditional culture. An "Indigenous Dispensary" was opened on 28 June 1968 at Dechencholing, Thimphu, staffed by doctors trained in Tibet. It was moved to its present site in ...
The two traditions of traditional and allopathic medicine are fundamental to the history of Bhutan's health services. Few credible accounts exist of the first Indian-trained doctors and paramedics bringing western medicine to the kingdom in the early 20th century, but as early as the 7th century, Bhutanese people were using Sowa Rigpa, or traditional medicine, which is based on Tibetan medical ...
The culture of Bhutan is fully reflected in Thimphu in literature, religion, customs, and national dress code, the monastic practices of the monasteries, music, and dance, and in the media. Tshechu is an important festival when mask dances, popularly known as Cham dances, are performed in the courtyards of the Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu.
Cradled in the folds of the Himalayas, Bhutan has relied on its geographical isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences. A sparsely populated country bordered by India to the south, and China to the north, Bhutan has long maintained a policy of strict isolationism, both culturally and economically, with the goal of preserving its cultural heritage and independence.
Faculty of Traditional Medicine (FoTM) with 27 employees and 90 students. Faculty of Health Sciences (FNPH) with 132 employees and 430 students. Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine (FoPGM) with 22 employees, 63 participating physicians and 31 students. The main focus of education within the Faculty of Health Sciences is nursing.
The Royal Institute of Health Sciences (RIHS) is one of two main medical education centers in Bhutan, the other being the National Institute of Traditional Medicine. The RIHS was established in Thimpu in 1974 as a member college of the Royal University of Bhutan, and is associated with the Thimpu Referral Hospital. The RIHS offers diploma and ...
The Royal Institute of Health Sciences (RIHS) is one of two main medical education centers in Bhutan, the other being the Institute of Traditional Medicine Services It was established in Thimphu in 1974, as a member college of the Royal University of Bhutan , and is associated with the National Referral Hospital .