Saturday, June 7, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

JDWNRH starts OPD service but encourages people to use teleconsultation

January 20, 2021
in Uncategorized
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
0
SHARES
6
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu started limited Outpatient Department (OPD) services from today but many people came to seek the service. The hospital recorded more than 100 patients today. This is besides the hospital’s plea to get teleconsultation first and visit the hospital only on the advice of the consulting doctor.

The hospital started with OPD services from today after Thimphu was declared as a yellow zone. According to the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, the services is limited, to prevent the outbreak of COVID in the hospital.

“We have teleconsultation services whereby a patient can call the specialist. If a medicine is required, the doctor will prescribe and our pharmacy will deliver to the respective zone.  There may be some patients who would require to visit the hospital for examination after having teleconsultation. We expect only those type of patients to visit the hospital,” said Dr Gosar Pemba, the Medical Superintendent.

He added that the limited services are also for patients who need urgent laboratory investigation. Dr Gosar said “I would like to request people not to come to the hospital for medicine refill. They should call the provided numbers and the medicines will be dropped in their respective zones. ”

People are also requested to visit satellite clinics within their zones for immunization.

According to the hospital, people cannot consult a doctor of their choice as there is only one doctor in each Outpatient Departments like general OPD, medical, pediatric and dermatology among others.

Normal OPD services are expected to resume towards the end of this month only if there are no cases from the community.

Kinley Dem

Previous Post

Missing man’s body fished out from Punatshangchhu

Next Post

Current loaders of MDP asked to leave by this Friday, Phuentshogling

Next Post

Current loaders of MDP asked to leave by this Friday, Phuentshogling

ECB gearing up for the third Thromde Elections

Bhutan receives 150,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from India

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Combating copyright infringement

Combating copyright infringement

6 years ago
3
His Holiness consecrates Sarpang Rabdey’s several new facilities

His Holiness consecrates Sarpang Rabdey’s several new facilities

6 years ago
2
PM meets key ministers of Indian government

PM meets key ministers of Indian government

10 years ago
0
Specialised facilitators needed in private ECCD

Specialised facilitators needed in private ECCD

2 years ago
17

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (426)
  • Announcement (174)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (744)
  • Crime/Legal (367)
  • Culture (47)
  • Development (51)
  • Disaster (57)
  • Economy (278)
  • Education (413)
  • Entertainment (13)
  • Environment (61)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (78)
  • GMC (14)
  • Headlines (9)
  • Health (622)
  • Legal (52)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (75)
  • Media (25)
  • Other Stories (5,574)
  • Politics (419)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (5)
  • Religion (45)
  • Sci/Tech (709)
  • Social (516)
  • Sports (449)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (19)
  • Uncategorized (13,866)
  • Video (136)
  • Video Story (249)
  • Wildlife (42)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 40 companies risk closure over failure to submit financial reports

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Phuentshogling Thromde installs reverse vending machine to promote recycling
  • Fixed deposit interest to be taxed at 10% under proposed Income Tax Bill
  • Yonphula Specialised Rehabilitation School to open next month
  • RMA to roll out seven new measures for loan repayment support
  • National Housing Strategy to be ready by September

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.