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Bhutan Health Journal (BHJ), the first Scientific Medical Journal of 🇧🇹
Estd. 2015
Published by the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan

27/05/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!
Cardiovascular disease is rising in Bhutan — 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

14/05/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!
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

29/04/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!

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

14/04/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!

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

02/04/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!

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 4.3±0.8.

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

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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18/02/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲!

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

16/02/2025

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲
FIRST for our May '25 issue - a case report about hypokalemia secondary to Conn's Syndrome.
Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/448

06/12/2024

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗝 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲:
A case report on apraxia of eyelid opening associated with benign essential blepharospasm, that resolved with botulinum injection.

Full text at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/425

20/11/2024

Presenting findings of a study that shows that while the overall adherence to anti-diabetic medications is at an intermediate level, a significant 42% of patients have a low level of adherence, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to improve medication compliance.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/413

20/11/2024

Presenting the findings of a study conducted at the general OPD of JDWNRH, aimed at describing the clinical and microbiological profile of patients with urinary tract infections (UTI).

A 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 is that the Nitrofurantoin sensitivity to E. coli has 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 from 97% in 2013 to 95% in 2023.

Full Text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/409

16/11/2024

Climate change doesn’t just impact our planet – 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨. Rising temperatures and natural disasters can lead to anxiety, depression, survival guilt, suicidal ideation and substance use.

Full text available at: https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/415

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