Health

Health Care System in Bhutan

The National Health System of Bhutan gives more importance to the improvement of the quality of people’s life. They take measures to improve their health and education at the initial stage. The economical and social life of Bhutan depends on the health of the whole population. The ‘Eight Five Year Plan’ promises all the possibilities to ‘Long Term Health’ services.

They are
• Severe Birth control
• Strengthening the existing medical infra structure
• Increasing the sustainability in Health departments
• Effective health services through Human Resourse Development
• Improving the Health Care Services
• Extending health services to remote villages too
• Monitoring ‘Health – For – All’ status
• Check for all the possibilities to reach other Health Care Goal

Here are some of the important health care policies which have already been implemented all over Bhutan.

• Based on PHC, all people of Bhutan gets effective health care through cost effective health care system.
• Some free health care is imposed for those who could not afford. Some kind of cost – sharing is in practice in some society.
• Traditional medicines can also be integrated in this system
• Along with new health care programs that are being introduced, this PHC system will also continue to ensure g