{"id":30577,"date":"2015-04-28T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T05:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=30577"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:26:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:26:37","slug":"private-doctor-industry-booms-in-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/private-doctor-industry-booms-in-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Doctor Industry Booms in NK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Private doctors &#8212; often dubbed<br \/>\n\u201cfamed doctors\u201d &#8212; are more popular these days than those languishing in North Korea&#8217;s state-run hospitals. Meager pay and overall poor working conditions have prompted an exodus of doctors from these institutions, seeing them head outside the confines of state medical facilities to offer personal medical services instead.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cProvincial, municipal, and county hospitals have very few patients and feel so desolate,\u201d a source from North<br \/>\nHamkyung Province reported to Daily NK on the 24th. \u201cOn the other hand, there<br \/>\nare lines of patients in front of the houses of individual doctors in each<br \/>\nregion, who have come to be renowned for their competence.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">State-run hospitals and clinics in North<br \/>\nKorea are notorious for prescribing medication without the ability to provide<br \/>\nit. While the nation receives some international pharmaceutical aid, Party cadres often appropriate much of it for<br \/>\npersonal use or bribes; in other cases, these medications end up<br \/>\ncirculating at the markets.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Moreover, the source attested that the<br \/>\ndoctors in these facilities are novices at best, fresh out of medical and<br \/>\nvocational schools without the ability to treat illnesses&#8211;let alone diagnose<br \/>\nthem. \u201cOn the contrary, individual doctors are quite popular because they are<br \/>\nvery experienced and have direct access to medications,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The most renowned doctors are those who previously ranked<br \/>\nas section chiefs or served in special wards within the hospitals.<br \/>\nLeaving the state-run institutions has afforded them the opportunity to tend to<br \/>\npatients in their homes or make house calls to the <i>donju <\/i>[new affluent middle class] or Party cadres,<br \/>\nbumping up their profit margins exponentially, according to the source.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This abundance of time and flexibility is something rather<br \/>\nunfathomable for those still affiliated with any state-run enterprise in North Korea: in this case, hospitals. In addition to daily compulsory morning meetings about work-related<br \/>\nprojects mixed in with ideological study sessions, ahead of any major national<br \/>\nholiday&#8211;Chosun Workers\u2019 Party Foundation Day, Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday, Kim Jong<br \/>\nIl\u2019s birthday, National Independence Day, etc.&#8211;these institutions must host<br \/>\ncelebratory events, which require all personnel to engage in group song and dance to honor<br \/>\nthe Kim dynasty.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Practice sessions typically commence a<br \/>\nmonth ahead of the events, stripping the physicians of time that should be spent on patient care. These tight parameters prevent doctors from seeing any patients prior to noon, after<br \/>\nwhich \u201cthe doctors cursorily visit their wards about once a day, leaving the<br \/>\nrest of the treatments to the nurses,\u201d according to the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cPrivate doctors may lack perfect medical<br \/>\nfacilities but they make up for it with ample experience and skills; they even<br \/>\nhave a wide net of pharmacists and practical nurses at their disposal, all of whom are poised to produce the necessary medication,\u201d he explained. \u201cThese doctors are available to<br \/>\nprovide treatment whenever, wherever, making them a highly sought-after<br \/>\nservice.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The cost of such services varies largely on a given patient\u2019s affliction. Shingles or similar ailments run in the range of<br \/>\n150,000-200,000 KPW [18.75-25 USD]. A visit to a state-run hospital for the same patient,<br \/>\nhowever, would run him or her around 130,000 KPW [16.25 USD], but in order to access proper treatment and<br \/>\nmedications, bribes to medical personnel inevitably drive up the costs, quickly emptying<br \/>\nthe pockets of patients desperate for medical care.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For this reason, high-ranking officials do<br \/>\nnothing to crack down on doctors practicing from their homes&#8211;despite the<br \/>\nofficial ban on private operations by the state. After all, as Party cadres comprise a significant portion of the doctors&#8217; client base, regulating their activities would only prove to be self-sabotaging.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private doctors &#8212; often dubbed \u201cfamed doctors\u201d &#8212; are more popular these days than those languishing in North Korea&#8217;s state-run hospitals. 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