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Construction of the Punakha
Hospital (phase I)
The hospital was designed by Chris Butters, an architect from
Norway then living in Bhutan. The construction began in 1994. All
furnitures of the hospital were built by Andreas Guggemos, a German
volunteer, now a medical doctor and member of “Pro Bhutan”.
The hospital was, from the beginning, very well accepted by the population of the area which reaches from Laya at 4000 meters altitude down to Wangdiphodrang. Two allopathic Bhutanese doctors and 1 Bhutanese Dungtso (traditional healer) are supported by a German doctor ,seconded and financed by “Pro Bhutan”. The 2 first German long term doctors were jointly financed by the German public organisation CIM and us. After CIM had to end their support (only 5 years allowed) we seconded German short term doctors in cooperation with SES – Senior Experts Service, Germany. Since March 2008 we second and finance a very dedicated Austrian doctor for 2 years. The Bhutanese staff and the doctors seconded by “Pro Bhutan” have been handling in out Punakha hospital more than 50.000 treatments per year, tendency rising.
In September 1996, the hospital
was inaugurated by His Holiness the Je Kempo and handed over to the
health services of the Royal Bhutanese Government.
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Our hospital in Punakha, main building |
His Holiness Je Kempo at inauguration |
The hospital (phase I) comprised
an operation theatre, x-ray, dental care, mother- child care, a pharmacy,
a wing for Bhutanese traditional medicine with a traditional doctor,
a Dungtso, a ward with 29 beds, staff quarters, and accommodation
for family members attending patients.
After one year of planning, Chris Butters finished the construction
of the hospital in the record time of two years. The costs for the
construction (phase I) amounted to 563.000 EURO.
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