After eating cake from Damphu town, seven people in Mendrelgang, Tsirang are hospitalized for food poisoning. The same cake earlier took its toll on 13 people in Damphu town. The Mendrelgang Basic Health Unit (BHU) confirmed the seven cases reported for food poisoning. Senior Basic Health Worker (BHW) Karma said …
Read More »39 students infected by ARI in Bemji Community Primary School, 11 hospitalized
An Acute Respiratory tract Infection (ARI) outbreak has been reported in Bemji Community Primary school, Trongsa on 18 August where it infected 39 students and 11 students were admitted. ARI is an illness caused by an acute infection which involves the upper respiratory tract, nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx. This …
Read More »NCAH confirms rabies in Jamkhar
A cow has died from Rabies in Jamkhar, Trashiyangtse. This was confirmed by the National Center for Animal Health (NCAH) after it studied brain samples of the diseased cow. The interim and final veterinary report confirmed the disease on 20 August. The brain sample of the diseased cow tested positive …
Read More »SMU students left-out from RCSC exams and NGOP
When 2623 graduates sits for Preliminary Examination (PE) this year for the civil service examinations, some students of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) will have to wait another year to do it. Students said losing one whole year after studying for three years and to wait for another year to attend …
Read More »Gasa flash flood sweeps 5mn in damages
Damages caused by the 20 June flood in Gasa accounts for over 5mn in damages to infrastructures, irrigation channels, houses and government buildings. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has prepared its initial report of the consolidated accounts for damages caused to the The detailed field assessment report was presented …
Read More »Near-miracle HIV pill introduced internationally, Bhutan not ready for it
Despite the introduction of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention pill in the international market, the health ministry opts for ‘treatment as prevention strategy’. The HIV pill is for people who are at high risk of sexually acquired HIV infections called pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), which has the combination of two antiretroviral …
Read More »A dog lover and her 35 dogs
They say it’s ‘more the merrier’ when one’s heart and soul deeply gels with the work at hand. This has proved most true in the case of a dog lover who has collected 35 dogs which includes hybrid dogs like Dalmatians, as well as stray dogs. The 49-year-old woman owned …
Read More »One of three samples confirmed first Chikungunya case in Bhutan
Out of three clinically confirmed samples in Samtse, one sample confirmed the mosquito-borne disease Chikungunya after the laboratory test conducted in Bangkok. This is the first-ever confirmed case of the disease in the country. Public Health Laboratory’s (PHL) head Sonam Wangchuk said all the 14 samples received from Phuentsholing and …
Read More »Dire shortage of O-positive blood at the national referral hospital
The Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) currently faces a serious shortage of O-Positive blood and the hospital’s blood bank is left with just three units of the blood group. The hospital currently has managed the situation with the blood donation campaigns in Dodeydra Shedra, Motithang School, Bhutan Power …
Read More »Possible Chikungunya outbreak in the south
With four cases clinically confirmed in Samtse and seven likely cases in Gomtu it looks like Bhutan is braced for an outbreak of an altogether new-kind. The four cases were reported to Samtse hospital on 17 July symptomatic of the Chikungunya disease. Chikungunya meaning ‘mosquito-borne disease,’ is a rare form …
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