Thinley Dorji's Profile

This is the second edition of the book “Medical History of Bhutan”. The first section is devoted to the Sowa Rigpa system, Bhutanese Traditional Medicine. It covers the Bhutanese concept of health and illness and how the system was incorporated into the present-day health system. The second section covers the early days of how the modern health system was built against a backdrop of constraints in financial resources. In fact, both the traditional and allopathic systems as we know of today started around the same time and the book shows how key decisions and investments made into health have helped Bhutan achieve remarkable progress. The book also gives a scoping view of future health challenges. This is a must-read for people wanting to know where Bhutan has come from in terms of health and where we are headed.