DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The misuse of antibiotic happens knowingly or unknowingly by the people. In some cases, even the health staff are known to give antibiotics under the pressure from the patients, for even the common cold. Medical Superintendent of JDWNRH, Dr Gosar Pemba, said antibiotics are used to prevent mainly bacterial infection …

1 from military, 1 expatriate pathologist and 1 civilian pathologist The shortage of specialists in a few departments in Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is still a concern. Especially in the departments of Pathology, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology and Dermatology. The medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Gosar Pemba said …

A year has passed and Sonam’s health still remains the same Dhan Maya takes more than an hour by bus to get to the hospital where her daughter, Sonam Tamang, remains in a state of coma.   Although Dhan Maya does not know the names of the locations, however, she knows …

The multi-cellular culvert box bridge at Bhawanijhora, Pasakha is frequently submerged in the flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall, leaving people cut off for few hours to few days. The height of the bridge is 6 meters and the capacity of the bridge is 40 metric tonnes. The construction started in …

The Prime minister during the weekly Friday meet congratulated the media for the formation of the Media Council along with the Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC) and the Media Council Members. Lyonchhen said now that every possible legal support is in place the time is to take things forward …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNHR) has started collecting morphine tablets from other hospitals in the country. A shortage of controlled drugs including morphine, which is used on cancer patients to relieve pain, has raised concerns among the health officials at JDWNRH. The controlled drugs are Morphine, Pethidine, Fentanyl, …

A group of Bhutanese youth that are currently in Japan through the  ‘Learn and Earn Program’ (LEP) have officially formed an International Labour Union of Bhutan (ILUB) on 1 September in Japan. Representatives from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO), Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and …

The National Assembly (NA) took the step and approved the removal of section 213 and 214 of the Penal Code of Bhutan, that criminalizes ‘unnatural sex’ and also prescribes a punishment for it, on 8 June, 2019 after the finance minister, Namgay Tshering, addressed the need to remove the section. …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said that 7,664 cases were registered suspecting dengue fever from 18 Dzongkhags whereby Phuentsholing hospital contributed the highest with 87 percent of them. The MoH so far has confirmed 1,989 cases using the Rapid Test Kit. Two additional deaths were reported due to dengue and …

Sherza Ventures Limited (SVL), an e-commerce and trading company, has launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to invite the people to invest in shares, and raise Nu 247 million (mn). Nu 19 mn equity shares will be made available at Nu 13 per share to attract even micro investors. Of …