Milestone

RIHS Historical Milestones

Year Event
January 1974 Birth of Health School, Thimphu
March 1974 Introduced Health Assistant Training
July 1974 Introduced Basic Health Worker Training
February 1975 Introduced Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Training
 January 1977 Completion of the Boys Hostel construction under UNICEF funding 
March 1978 Formalization of Assistant Nurse Training
March 1981 Introduced X-ray Technician Training
July 1982 Introduced General Nurse Midwife Training
March 1983 Introduced Pharmacy Technician Training
July 1983 Publication of MIRROR (RIHS Journal)
September 1983 Introduced District Health Supervisory Training
March 1984 Introduced Laboratory Technician and Dental Hygienist Training
March 1986 Introduced Dental Technician and Physiotherapy Training
March 1987 Introduced BHW up-gradation Training
July 1989 Completion of the new Institute Complex under UNICEF funding
 September 1989 Up-graded as the Royal Institute of Health Sciences 
March 1992 Introduced Public Health Laboratory Technician Training
March 1994 Introduced attachment training for Assistant Nurse and Technician
January 1995 Introduced Training of Assistant Clinical Officer
July 1997 Completion of the Library and In-service Training Hostel under DANIDA funding
March 1998 Introduced Malaria Technician Training
July 1998 Introduced Operation Theatre Technician Training
September 1998 Received WHO Primary Health Care Award
July 1999 Silver Jubilee Celebration
July 1999 Establishment of Computer Lab
October 1999 RIHS Impact Evaluation
December 1999

Received Award of Recognition for 15 years of Service from the Hon'ble Minister of Health & Education
February 2001 Introduction of Bachelor of Nursing Conversion program for GNM
March 2002 Shifted to new hostel complex
February 2003 Graduation of 1st batch Bachelor of Nursing
July 2003 Introduced Orthopaedic and ENT Technician Training
June 2003 Affiliated with Royal University of Bhutan
July 2005  Introduced Technical Nurse Training
 January 2008  Introduced ADHO
 October 2010 Introduced RIHS website 
April 2010 Introduced Bachelors in Public health
8th -10th March 2011 Validation of Bsc. Nursing and Midwifery programme
Ist July 2011 RIHS along with RUB becomes autonomous