Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital
Geography
Location	Thimphu, Bhutan
Coordinates	27°27′53″N 89°38′14″E / 27.46472°N 89.63722°E / 27.46472; 89.63722
Organisation
Care system	Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan
Funding	Public hospital
Type	District General, Teaching
Affiliated university	Royal Institute of Health Sciences of Royal University of Bhutan
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	350
History
Opened	1974
Links
Website	https://www.jdwnrh.gov.bt
Lists	Hospitals in Bhutan

The National Referral Hospital (full name Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital) is the public hospital of Bhutan, located in the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu. Since it was established in 1972, the hospital has been supplying free basic medical treatment as well as advanced surgeries and emergency services to citizens from all over the country.^[1] It provides the most sophisticated health evaluation and management services in the country. Recently the hospital has added CT and MRI diagnosis equipment and improved lab services. The hospital has a library with many current textbooks.^[2]

The hospital is one of five medical service centers within Thimphu. There are two more hospitals, one is the Military Hospital, Lungtenphu managed by the Royal Bhutan Army and the other one is Indo-Bhutan Friendship hospital in the main town of Thimphu, managed by the Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT). There is a Basic Health Unit (BHU) at Dechencholing and an Outreach Clinic in Motithang and Hejo^[3]