The history of Bhutan’s Health services is the history of two traditions viz..-Traditional and Allopathic medicines. There are few supportive reports of first Indian-trained physicians and paramedics practising and establishing the western medicine in the kingdom in the early part of the twentieth century, but the Sowa Rigpa or the Traditional medicine, the Tibetan methods of medicine was also being practiced in Bhutan as far as the seventh century.
Today, both Traditional and Allopathic methods of medicine are practiced and implemented in the kingdom without any sense of competition and discrimination. The Bhutanese people enjoy and has the right to attend to both types of medicinal treatments, which ever turns out to be the best for his/her disease.

The vision of the ministry is of A Nation with the best health.

i. To provide healthcare services of quality in both traditional and modern medicines;
ii. To prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate diseases;
iii. To rehabilitate and promote healthy living; and
iv. To ensure sustainable, responsive, equitable, accessible, reliable and affordable health services

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