Recently, a media house reported on the misuse of drugs by staff and trainees of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) and RIHS (Royal Institutes of Health Sciences) respectively but when The Bhutanese tried to find out if these allegations were true, the hospital authorities said though they …

The Health Promotion Division of the Health Ministry, earlier known as the Information Communication Bureau (ICB) is currently focusing on existing manpower and materials to come up with an appropriate health promotion strategy in the country. Talking to The Bhutanese, the officiating chief media and information officer of health ministry, …

  After the outbreak of rabies at Sarpang, which led to the death of two calves and a cow, the brain samples were sent a week ago for tests to Serbithang and the results are positive for a female cross-breed jersey of ten months. However, the other two – an …

Despite consistent registration, a big shortage of drugs remains in the health sector. In the months of January and February this year, about 88 drugs were registered with Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) excluding temporary registration. Till date, the total number of drugs registered was around 1,759. In the recent Meet …

  Only three months’ time before the first ever medical college in Bhutan starts operating and the initial DPR (Detailed Project Report) based on the MCI (Medical Council of India) has revised the requirements for the UMSB (University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan), formerly known as the BIMS (Bhutan Institutes …

For a week now,  the blood bank in the capital has been running short of B positive blood. At the moment, the bank has a total of 71 units of which only two units are B positive which have been stored for emergency. The authorities are trying to call up …

The construction of two 10-km long farm roads in Tongseng and Yakpugang is on hold due to shortage of budget of Nu 500,000 more. As of now three kilometers have been completed with the budget of Nu 110,000. The Gup said though they have put up a proposal to the …

After the earthquake last year, Monggar gewog got a budget of about Nu 160,000 to renovate the Tshenphu Lhakhang  there. But, a  six-kilometer road towards the lhakhang was also damaged. Though there are people who said the money should also be used for the road, budget rules do not allow …

Bhutan which claims to be an egalitarian society does not have quota for women in power.Most other SAARC countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh have reserved seats for women in politics and governance. In the first South Asian Conference on Empowering Women and Gender Equality, a two-day program in …

Within the last two months, 32 cases of domestic violence cases were reported in the capital: 12 cases of battery; 12 cases of willful negligence; one extra marital affair; and seven other cases under different categories. Records with RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women) show that cases of domestic …