Agency: During the Third Session of the Fourth Parliament, Sergithang-Tsirang Toed MP, Lhakpa Tshering Tamang, raised a pressing question to the Ministry of Health (MoH) regarding the challenges faced by Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across Bhutan.
With more than 48,000 PWDs, accounting for 6.8 percent of the population, the issue is both widespread and urgent.
These individuals include those who are visually impaired and some who are bedridden, struggling daily for basic support and dignity.
MP Lhakpa Tshering highlighted that Tsirang has the highest rate of disability in the country, followed closely by Trashigang.