Two day meeting on Hepatitis B Prevention & Treatment at Mundgod

Hepatitis B, is seen as a chronic challenge for Tibetan Community Health, by Department of Health (DoHe), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), resulting in high cost screening test, treatment, indulging economic burden with ultimate loss of lives and demeaning life quality. In order to check this health problems emerging from a Hepatitis B infected virus. A…

Karmapa Rinpoche Graces Delek Hospital’s Founding Anniversary

His Eminence the Karmapa Rinpoche today graced the 43rd founding anniversary of Tibetan Delek hospital at Gangchen Kyishong. The ceremony is also being marked as part of the ‘2014 – Year of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’ announced by the 14th Kashag. The ceremony was attended by Tibetan justice commissioners, members of the…

Health Kalon inaugurates new private OPD of Tibetan Delek hospital

Dr Tsering Wangchuk, Kalon of the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration today inaugurated the new private OPD (Outpatient Department) of the Tibetan Delek hospital. The inauguration was also attended by Health Secretary Shosur Sonam Choephel. Speaking at the inauguration, Kalon Tsering Wangchuk extolled the importance of a healthy lifestyle and urged the Tibetan public…

Delek Hospital concludes nursing training for Tibetan Nuns

The Tibetan Delek Hospital today held the closing ceremony of the one and half month nursing training for nuns. The training was organised by the hospital as part of its programme to improve public health. Nine nuns from 7 different nunneries including Dolmaling, Gaden Choeling and Jamyang Choeling have taken part in the training. The…

Dr Tseten Dorjee speaks on fight against Dengue fever

Due to a rising number of Tibetans being affected by Dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases in India, Tibet TV interviewed Dr Tseten Dorjee, the Chief Medical Officer of Tibetan Delek Hospital, about the causes, symptoms and precautions for the disease. Dr Tseten Dorjee recommends that the most important precaution in the case of Dengue fever is…