Delayed services in the hospitals across the country has questioned the quality of the health system in the country. As the quality of the country’s health system speaks volume and reflects the quantity of the health professionals currently serving, the citizens' well-being is almost compromised.
The ministry of health is looking at the means of addressing the shortage of health professionals to the extent that they are planning to recruit specialized foreign physicians paying them in convertible currencies, almost double the price of what the health specialists in the country are being paid.
With the rise in health professionals seeking to study and live abroad for secure income, there’s a thin chance that they will return home any time soon when the nation is in a dire need of their skills. Ultimately, many leaving for further studies or availing extra ordinary leave, increases the workload and related pressure on the health professionals that remains behind.
Moreover, the health ministry providing opportunities such as training, programs, seminars and workshops has also shaken the national referral hospital. Its waves have reached the district hospitals and the health centers in the remotest part of the country. Recently, Tsirang hospital came into the spotlight, as a citizen complained of the health management.
Two doctors leaving the hospital for official purposes for a few days affected the quality of the services provided at the hospital. Sick people felt neglected, although health services are free in the nation, sometimes those who are able to afford private clinics wish there’s a private hospital to put the ill ones at ease.
When Bhutan requires health professionals, a patriotic person to the nation and its citizens, those people with skills and knowledge, need to see it beyond individual interest and return home to serve sick countrymen. On several occasions, citizens who have been provided free education and even health professional educations have turned their back to the calls of the country. Millions of money have been spent, hoping that they will solve the doctor and nurses’ shortage issue of the country. Yet, only a few have managed to return to serve the countrymen.
If the scholarship student put the country’s need and requirement of adequate health professionals on the alpha plan, the country would see healthier growth. Also, there must be a way to retain the skilled medical professionals through some beneficial schemes. The ratio of total population of the country against the total health professionals showed that Bhutan doesn’t meet the standard human resources.
The crowds and queue at the hospitals, be it for the outpatient department or the emergency department only shows that with the available human resource is not enough to meet the demand of the nation. Health is wealth, a cliché can literally leave its impact on the nation a whole. Thus, before the nation becomes seriously ill, the health system needs to be dragonized.
The ministry of health is looking at the means of addressing the shortage of health professionals to the extent that they are planning to recruit specialized foreign physicians paying them in convertible currencies, almost double the price of what the health specialists in the country are being paid.
With the rise in health professionals seeking to study and live abroad for secure income, there’s a thin chance that they will return home any time soon when the nation is in a dire need of their skills. Ultimately, many leaving for further studies or availing extra ordinary leave, increases the workload and related pressure on the health professionals that remains behind.
Moreover, the health ministry providing opportunities such as training, programs, seminars and workshops has also shaken the national referral hospital. Its waves have reached the district hospitals and the health centers in the remotest part of the country. Recently, Tsirang hospital came into the spotlight, as a citizen complained of the health management.
Two doctors leaving the hospital for official purposes for a few days affected the quality of the services provided at the hospital. Sick people felt neglected, although health services are free in the nation, sometimes those who are able to afford private clinics wish there’s a private hospital to put the ill ones at ease.
When Bhutan requires health professionals, a patriotic person to the nation and its citizens, those people with skills and knowledge, need to see it beyond individual interest and return home to serve sick countrymen. On several occasions, citizens who have been provided free education and even health professional educations have turned their back to the calls of the country. Millions of money have been spent, hoping that they will solve the doctor and nurses’ shortage issue of the country. Yet, only a few have managed to return to serve the countrymen.
If the scholarship student put the country’s need and requirement of adequate health professionals on the alpha plan, the country would see healthier growth. Also, there must be a way to retain the skilled medical professionals through some beneficial schemes. The ratio of total population of the country against the total health professionals showed that Bhutan doesn’t meet the standard human resources.
The crowds and queue at the hospitals, be it for the outpatient department or the emergency department only shows that with the available human resource is not enough to meet the demand of the nation. Health is wealth, a cliché can literally leave its impact on the nation a whole. Thus, before the nation becomes seriously ill, the health system needs to be dragonized.
