Royal_Institute_of_Health_Sciences_(Bhutan)
27°27′53″N 89°38′14″E The Royal Institute of Health Sciences (RIHS) is one of two main medical education centers in Bhutan, the other being the Institute of Traditional Medicine Services. It was established in Thimphu in 1974, as a member college of the Royal University of Bhutan, and is associated with the National Referral Hospital. It offers diploma and certificate programmes for nurses, medical technicians and other primary health care workers.[1] The institute received the World Health Organization's 50th Anniversary Award for Primary Health Care in 1998.[2]
Health infrastructure is improving in Bhutan and the number of trained human resource officers is growing, but the country still had only two doctors for ten thousand people in 2005. The RIHS cannot train doctors, so Bhutan must send candidates to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka for their MBBS course.[3]