Addressing shortage of health workers The graduation of first batch of specialists from the medical university next month comes as good news to everyone. I am writing this in appreciation to everyone who made it possible to produce our homegrown specialists. The faculty members and the specialists should be commended for their hard work and the success. Providing opportunities for the resident doctors to study postgraduate courses within the country not only benefits the trainees but also patients and the hospital. Such initiatives should however continue without compromising the quality. Many issues have been raised on the shortage of health workers including the retention of the specialists in the country. The shortage is not only in Bhutan but also across the world. But it is important that the government works towards addressing the shortage. As new medical services get introduced […]
Of sports infrastructures, eve-teasing and useless mobile apps, noise pollution and traffic congestion
Make sports infrastructure accessible to all We woke up to a bad news last Sunday. A group of boys were involved in a fight and one of them was stabbed. We learnt that one of the youth involved was my relative and it was breaking his parent’s hearts. As a relative and a father of a son myself, I was curious to know what made them do this. To this, he answered, “we were drunk.” I suggested that there are many avenues where he could engage himself like sports instead of going to bars. He said he likes football but football fields are only for the rich. He and his friends are university graduates without jobs, so they cannot afford to pay for the football field. He makes sense. Nu. 4,000 or 5,000 a match is way beyond their means. […]