Tag: hospital
NK army orders water tests following health crisis
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has launched drinking-water quality tests ahead of the Korean People's Army's regular summer exercises set to start in July,...
North Korea plans medical cooperation expansion with China, Russia
North Korea plans to expand medical cooperation with allied countries, including dispatching a clinical research team centered on surgical specialists to China and Russia...
Woman dies from hospital-made IV drip in N. Korea, fueling medical...
A patient recently died at a city hospital in Hamhung after receiving a hospital-made IV drip. The incident has further eroded people's trust in...
Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug...
Local hospitals across North Korea are actively manufacturing their own medicines following the regime's "self-reliance" directive.
According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan...
Even in Pyongyang, North Koreans seek illegal home medical care
Illegal home medical treatments are widespread not only in North Korea's provinces but even in the capital Pyongyang. The main reason is that official...
No hospital, no hope: Maternal death highlights rural healthcare gap in...
A woman in Ryanggang province died from blood loss while giving birth at home after eight months of pregnancy. The tragedy occurred because, as...
Pyongyang’s model: N. Korean province rushes to upgrade medical and educational...
South Pyongan province is implementing North Korean ruling party directives to enhance its medical and educational systems following Pyongyang's model, Daily NK has learned.
"In...
N. Korean doctors face harsh punishment in public struggle session for...
Two North Korean doctors faced a public struggle session after being caught selling medicine supplied to their hospital.
"Two doctors at the Third Prevention Hospital...
N. Korea prescribes ‘self-reliance’ instead of vaccines amid disease outbreak
Despite a recent surge in infections, North Korea is emphasizing self-reliance rather than implementing practical measures such as distributing vaccines. In response, doctors and...
N. Korean community mourns disabled woman and child after fatal carbon...
A disabled woman in her 40s and her daughter recently died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the North Korean city of Rason, leaving local...
