Mentsikhang

Thubwang designated his close disciple Khyenrab Norbu as director but took sole responsibility for its administration and overall development.

The two ends of the lower floor are for other doctors' living spaces, the center for a spacious teaching room.

Anthropologist Martin Saxer wrote that "probably for the first time in Tibetan history, a state-sponsored public healthcare system started to sprout".

He started his medical studies under Sera physician Ngawang Choeden and later sought education on medicine, astrology, and other fields of Tibetan studies from physicians and scholars like Tekhang Jampa Thubwang, Dorjee Gyaltsen, Jampal Rolpai Lodoe, Lama Ugyen Tenzim of Sikkim, Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen of Kinnaur, Chikchar Dungzin Rinpoche of Tsari, and others.

[7][1][2] In terms of hardware, the government had allocated 230,000 yuan to remodel a number of tin houses and move the outpatient clinic to the front of the old Mentsikhang building for the convenience of the public.