Bhutan Health Journal

Bhutan Health Journal Bhutan Health Journal (BHJ), the first Scientific Medical Journal of ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น
Estd. 2015
Published by the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan

The Bhutan Health Journal joins the nation in celebrating the auspicious 118th National Day of Bhutan. On this joyous oc...
17/12/2025

The Bhutan Health Journal joins the nation in celebrating the auspicious 118th National Day of Bhutan. On this joyous occasion, we reaffirm our steadfast commitment to advancing health research and promoting evidence-based practice.
We offer our prayers for the continued happiness, peace and prosperity under the visionary leadership of our beloved Monarchs.

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!What does it take to deliver emergency care after a major earthquake? This shor...
15/12/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!
What does it take to deliver emergency care after a major earthquake? This short report takes you inside Bhutan's Emergency Medical Team's mission in post-earthquake Myanmar.

Full text available for reading at:
https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/534

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป?This review article brings together all published evidence to hig...
05/12/2025

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป?
This review article brings together all published evidence to highlight disease patterns, progress made, and priorities ahead.

Full text available for reading at:
https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/494

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!A significant contribution to Bhutanโ€™s sepsis data: an important study examinin...
23/11/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!
A significant contribution to Bhutanโ€™s sepsis data: an important study examining sepsis mortality and clinical characteristics among patients admitted to the Department of Medicine in 2021.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/477

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!An inside look at the journey of anesthesiology in Bhutan, offering a valuable ...
23/11/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!
An inside look at the journey of anesthesiology in Bhutan, offering a valuable reflection on its progress, challenges, and the road ahead.

Full text available at:
https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/478

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!Cardiovascular disease is rising in Bhutan โ€” this Viewpoint highlights the coun...
27/05/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!
Cardiovascular disease is rising in Bhutan โ€” this Viewpoint highlights the country's evolving health trends, current cardiac care services, and the urgent need to establish cardiac surgical services.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/438

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!A review article exploring how incentives can enhance tuberculosis notificatio...
14/05/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!
A review article exploring how incentives can enhance tuberculosis notification and strengthen public health response.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/461

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!Sharing how the Central Regional Referral Hospital implemented Telehealth as an...
29/04/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!

Sharing how the Central Regional Referral Hospital implemented Telehealth as an educational tool for advancing medical education.

Full text available for reading at:
https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/460

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!A case report highlighting how crucial physical examination is. A 31-year-old m...
14/04/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!

A case report highlighting how crucial physical examination is.
A 31-year-old male presenting with lower abdominal pain whose physical examination demonstrated a mass at the suprapubic region. The lower end of the mass could not be palpated. The genitalia examination revealed absence of te**es in the sc***um.

Evaluation revealed that the abdominal mass was the undescended te**is, histology confirming it to be a seminoma.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/469

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!Kidney transplantation isn't the end-all for our patients with chronic kidney d...
02/04/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!

Kidney transplantation isn't the end-all for our patients with chronic kidney diseases. Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR) face significant issues related to Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL).
This study conducted amongst 100 KTRs in Bhutan to assess their HRQoL using the KTQ-25 tool reports that the overall HRQoL of kidney transplant recipients in Bhutan is low at 4.3ยฑ0.8.

Read the full text available on the BHJ website to understand the various components affecting the HRQoL of our KTRs.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/437

We join the nation in offering our heartfelt prayers and wishes for His Majesty's long life and good health. ๐Ÿ™
21/02/2025

We join the nation in offering our heartfelt prayers and wishes for His Majesty's long life and good health.
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๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!Retinoblastoma - a condition that necessitates timely referral to an ocular onc...
18/02/2025

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—›๐— ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ!

Retinoblastoma - a condition that necessitates timely referral to an ocular oncologist and vitreoretinal specialist to save vision and life.
Read to find out how the ophthalmologists at the National Eye Center made a prompt diagnosis and referred the child early for definitive treatment.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/454

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