Phuentsholing Thromde has now installed disabled friendly tactile paving which will enable easy movement for the physically challenged. Tactile paving (also called Tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface indicators, or detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicator found on footpaths, stairs and train station […]
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The government will implement accelerating mother and child healthcare-1000 golden day plus allowance by February this year, according to the health minister, Dechen Wangmo. Recently the cabinet approved Nu 1.8bn to accelerate mother and child healthcare allowance for next five years. The program earlier was called maternity allowance and breastfeeding allowance. Now it has been […]
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Fifteen specialists from Bangladesh are expected to arrive in the country by mid-February this year. This will address the shortage of medical specialists in the country. Health minister Dechen Wangmo told Business Bhutan that with the current health facility and services there is a shortage of around 60% specialists in the country. However, with the […]
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It’s 6pm at Phongmey, Trashigang. Ajang Nima enters into the bar with his six-year-old son and sits on the rickety bench at the corner of the room. He orders two pegs of rock bee and a bottle of red bull. Meantime, two women enter in the bar. One woman is carrying her four-year old-daughter on […]
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Now, elderly people who visit the nearest health centers can undergo holistic medical screening. The service enables the health workers to identify various medical complications through different procedures without having the patients to travel long distances unnecessarily. Until now, most of the health staffs particularly in the remote areas have been treating the particular complaints […]
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The Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS) has been formally admitted into the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) at the 22nd session of the IFRC General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday. The two member delegation led by the BRCS Secretary-General, Dragyel Tenzin Dorjee, and supported by officials from the Permanent Mission […]
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A man flashing his penis to women is dismissed as someone being mad and that the women should avoid being in his path. A man in an atsara’s mask during Tshechus, groping women and forcing them to kiss him and sleep with him in gory detail, is excused as being someone in character. The women […]
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After numerous deliberations, the government has finalized Health Flagship Program with an approved budget Nu 1.3bn at the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday. The Health Flagship program focuses on the prevention, early screening and treatment of the three cancers – cervical, breast and stomach. The government also aims to take all basic diagnostic services to the […]
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Sanitation was a major issue for Layaps and tourists visiting Laya four years back. Now major changes can be seen in the sanitation habits of the highlanders. Now Layaps have shifted to flush toilets and SATO pan from pit toilet. Laya is located 3,800m above sea level. Laya has a population of more than 1,000 […]
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With increasing complaints on the stray dog menace and growing public health risk owing to the same, the Department of Livestock (DoL) conducted a vaccination and sterilization program at Gidakom and Bjemina in Thimphu to stabilize the dog population. About 90 dogs (stray and pets) were sterilized and vaccinated in these two areas whereas a […]
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