CTA’s task force team for COVID-19 visited Lower TCV school to inspect the existing structure to set up a new Quarantine Centre as the number of Tibetans home comers to Dharamsala continues to increase each day. The Inspection team was headed by Health Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk and accompanied by Health Secretary Palden Dhondup, Education Secretary…
CTA’s Department of Health organised Sowa-Rigpa and Allopathy Integration Meeting themed “Objectives behind Integration” on 27 September. Tibetan health professionals from the Department of Health, Delek Hospital and Mentseekhang discussed the overall scopes of a collaboration of Sowa-Rigpa and Allopathy medicine and the administrative perspective on the integration. The meeting was moderated by Dr Tsetan…
Health Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk of the Department of Health, CTA inaugurated the newly built fitness centre ‘Delek Fitness Centre’ today at Ghangchen Kyishong. The fitness centre is an initiation taken by Delek Hospital towards a healthy community and it is funded by the Department of Health. Apart from Health Kalon, present at the inauguration event were…
The Tibetan settlement office in Dharamshala jointly with Indo Tibetan Friendship Association organised a free medical camp at Indrunag Village (Tau Panchayat) on 7 July. The medical camp was attended by Mr. Ram Swaroop, Advisor, ITFA Dharamshala, Mr. Kunga Tsering, Vice-President/Tibetan Settlement Officer/Dharamshala, Mr. Ajit Nehria, Vice-President, ITFA Dharamshala, Mr. Vikas Nehria, Executive Member, ITFA Dharamshala,…
The Department of Health, CTA in collaboration with Delek Hospital organized Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) screening at various Tibetan monasteries and nunneries around Dharamshala. A series of camp was held from 25th March, 2019. Before every screening a presentation was given by Delek Hospital Doctor Tenzin Namdol on H. Pylori for the basic knowledge and…
TB program manager of Department of Health, CTA (TVHA) Ms.Tenzin Tsetan along with TB Medical Officer of Delek hospital Dr Sonam Topgyal attended the 4th Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) Regional Review Meeting (North region) held at Chandigarh from 1st to 3rd April 2019. The meeting was a part of series of regional meetings planned across…
Health Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk opened the second two-day meeting on Hepatitis B Prevention & Treatment organised by Department of Health, CTA at Administrative Training and Welfare Society, from 12-13 March 2019. A total of 24 participants from Hunsur, Bhandara, Bir, Mundgod, Dekyiling, Kollegal, TMAI, Delek hospital, Odisha and Dharamshala attended the meeting, including allopathic Doctors from Delek…
Dharamshala falls under seismic zone IV and thereby prone to major earthquakes and related hazards. A 7.8 earthquake struck the Kangra valley in 1905 that claimed the lives of over 20,000 and caused severe destruction. The area is also prone to various other hazards such as landslides, cloudbursts, rock falls and fires. The Tibetan community…
Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk, Department of Health, CTA addressed the sixth meeting of Tibetan Allopathic Physician Network’s (TAPN) held on 21 November. The 6th meeting of Tibetan Allopathic Physician Network’s (TAPN) was organised at Gajang Medical Society hall in Mundgod. The meeting was resumed after a gap of 11 years, the last meeting was held in 2007. Kalon,…