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. 2022;12(1):33-35.
doi: 10.1159/000523903. Epub 2022 Mar 4.

Improving Stroke Care in Bhutan

Yangchen Yangchen  1 , Tashi Tenzin  2 , Nar Bahadur Rai  3 , Sonam Yangzom  4 , Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian  5
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Improving Stroke Care in Bhutan

Yangchen Yangchen et al. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra. 2022.

Abstract

Developing nations face the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Bhutan is a developing country and has achieved significant milestones in its health indicators. Increasing burden of stroke and the lack of evidence-based stroke care system in the country's hospitals are proving to be a challenge to provide quality stroke care. Despite the logistical challenge of referring stroke patients on time, lack of trained health care professionals and resources, Bhutan has recently started various initiatives to improve stroke care with the help of WHO-SEARO, WHO-Geneva, and Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India.

Keywords: BRAINS implementation research; Bhutan; Stroke care initiative; Stroke care quality.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Thimphu city, capital of Bhutan. © Andrew Stranovsky Photography − Moment/Getty Image.
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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan. ©Wikimedia Commons.
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