Indigenous unit on life support:
Posted on Friday, June 11 @ 02:01:41 EDT by chencho -->
Mongar Hospital 11 June, 2010 - Shortage of staff in the indigenous medical unit of Mongar hospital has become a major challenge to serve the growing number of patients visiting every day.Karma Chezom, 96, of Wengkhar was up early morning and rushed to the regional hospital at around 9 am last Monday. She took a prescription form and showed it to the dungtsho (traditional physician). She got the medicines at around 3 pm after waiting for five hours.
Currently, there is only one Dungtsho and a sMenpa in the unit. The problem gets worse, when one them is out on medical leave.
About 30 to 50 patients, including both OPD and herbal steam treatment, from the eastern districts visit the hospital everyday.
“The unit functions during government holidays, if it falls between Monday to Friday, to maintain the treatment course, especially for those undergoing herbal steam treatment,” said Dungtsho Tandin Phurpa. “We’re facing a difficult time handling the large number of outpatients, given the manpower shortage.”
According to the hospital’s administration officer, the requisition was forwarded to the ministry, but nothing has happened so far. As per the royal civil service commission’s requirement the regional referral hospital has slots for two dungtshos and sMenpas each.
More than three thousand patients visited the unit in the past six months, ever since the herbal steam bathing facility started in November last year. The unit has 14 beds for patients needing steam bath treatment.
Records indicate that steam bath patients are usually those suffering from post-traumatic pain, swelling of hands and legs, neurological disorder, obstinate skin diseases, joint and back pains and gout.
By Tshering Namgyal
Currently, there is only one Dungtsho and a sMenpa in the unit. The problem gets worse, when one them is out on medical leave.
About 30 to 50 patients, including both OPD and herbal steam treatment, from the eastern districts visit the hospital everyday.
“The unit functions during government holidays, if it falls between Monday to Friday, to maintain the treatment course, especially for those undergoing herbal steam treatment,” said Dungtsho Tandin Phurpa. “We’re facing a difficult time handling the large number of outpatients, given the manpower shortage.”
According to the hospital’s administration officer, the requisition was forwarded to the ministry, but nothing has happened so far. As per the royal civil service commission’s requirement the regional referral hospital has slots for two dungtshos and sMenpas each.
More than three thousand patients visited the unit in the past six months, ever since the herbal steam bathing facility started in November last year. The unit has 14 beds for patients needing steam bath treatment.
Records indicate that steam bath patients are usually those suffering from post-traumatic pain, swelling of hands and legs, neurological disorder, obstinate skin diseases, joint and back pains and gout.
By Tshering Namgyal
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