Padma Shri Dr Yeshi Dhonden breathed his last in Dharamshala

Dharamshala, November 26, 2019: Dr Yeshi Dhonden, renowned Tibetan doctor and former physician of the Dalai Lama, passed away in the early hours of the morning of 26 November 2019 at his home in McLeod Ganj, Upper Dharamshala. He was 92.
A family member said that Dhonden complained of respiratory difficulties yesterday, after which they called Dr Tsetan Dorji of Delek Hospital for consultation.
“Aside from the respiratory problem, Emchi la had no other health issues. He died at home today at 2:53 am, with family members at his bedside.”
Cremation will take place on Friday morning in McLeod Ganj.
Yeshi Dhonden (15 May 1927 - 26 November 2019) was a Tibetan doctor of Traditional Tibetan medicine. At age 11, he joined the Chakpori Institute of Tibetan Medicine, in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, where he studied for nine years. After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959 he followed the Dalai Lama to India. Dr Yeshi Dhonden was appointed Director and Chief Medical Officer when the Dalai Lama started Men-Tsee-Khang in exile in Dharamshala in March 1961. Dr Dhonden served in that capacity till 1966.
He served as personal physician to 14th Dalai Lama or almost twenty years, from 1963 to 1980.
In 2018, the Indian government honoured Yeshi Dhonden with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India.
He started his own private clinic in McLeod Ganj in 1969. He is best known for curing cancer patients, who have shared their testimonies of the success of his treatment.
He closed his practice on 1 April 2019 due to advancing age and declining health.
Dr Yeshi Dhonden has authored three books: Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine (1986), Healing from the Source: The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine (2000), and The Ambrosia of Heart Tantra (2006).