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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 ...
In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 80.7% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [ 9 ] Bhutan falls into the "bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 84.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Heritage center: 2008 [3] Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs: Museum chronicles the last 100 years of Bhutan and showcases the history of monarchy in Bhutan. Ta Dzong served as a watch tower for centuries and is a five storied building. [4] The museum has total of eleven galleries.
Health infrastructure is improving in Bhutan and the number of trained human resource officers is growing, but the country still had only two doctors for ten thousand people in 2005. The RIHS cannot train doctors, so Bhutan must send candidates to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka for their MBBS course. [3]
Bhutan has thirteen colleges [1] and two universities that are the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) [2] and the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB). [3] This is a list of universities and colleges in Bhutan.