{"id":45544,"date":"2020-07-07T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45544"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:10:34","slug":"north-korea-orders-hospitals-manufacture-their-own-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-orders-hospitals-manufacture-their-own-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea orders hospitals to manufacture their own medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea is attempting to resolve a dire shortage of medicines by ordering hospitals to begin manufacturing their own medications, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the end of May, the Ministry of Public Health issued an order to hospitals in each province, city and county to manufacture their own medicines,\u201d a source told Daily NK on July 2. \u201cWith no facilities to produce medicine, there have been complaints that carrying out the order is impossible.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this order, North Korean authorities appear to be passing on the responsibility for solving the shortage of medicines onto hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The physical infrastructure and human capital required for medicine production in North Korea is believed to have collapsed after the Arduous March of the 1990s. The period\u2019s economic hardship made it difficult to invest in manufacturing facilities, develop raw material for medicines, or train pharmaceutical professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has tried to improve its medicine production by modernizing the Mannyon Pharmaceuticals Factory and Tosong Pharmaceuticals Factory, but these efforts have not been enough to prevent medicine shortages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, the country remains highly reliant on imported medicines. The closure of the Sino-North Korean border in late January has led to severe shortages of medicines, and the prices of antibiotics, for example, have been skyrocketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Korean Development Institute\u2019s May publication of the Review of the North Korean Economy noted that North Korean imports of medicine from China had fallen by 13.23% compared to the same period last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe government\u2019s order to have hospitals produce medicine using equipment and instruments found in specialized factories makes no sense,\u201d the source told Daily NK, adding, \u201cThis has left hospital administrators scratching their heads about what to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if the equipment were in place, the lack of raw materials and reagents in North Korea is also a problem, the source continued, adding, \u201cEven if you use domestic ingredients as a substitute, it\u2019s impossible to make the medicines we need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean hospitals will likely continue to focus on manufacturing \u201cKoryo medicines\u201d rather than Western medicines to meet quotas outlined in the order, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koryo medicine is similar to the \u201cOriental medicine\u201d prevalent in South Korea and uses medicinal herbs available in the country. North Korean authorities are actively encouraging the production of Koryo medicines as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koryo medicines are believed to be poor substitutes for vaccines and antibiotics because they are not produced in specialized facilities and may have contaminants that could lead to further illnesses in patients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%EC%9D%98%EC%95%BD%ED%92%88%EB%8F%84-%EC%9E%90%EB%A0%A5%EA%B0%B1%EC%83%9D-%EB%B3%91%EC%9B%90%EC%84%9C-%EC%9E%90%EC%B2%B4%EB%A1%9C-%EC%A0%9C%EC%A1%B0%C2%B7%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9%ED%95%98\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea is attempting to resolve a dire shortage of medicines by ordering hospitals to begin manufacturing their own medications, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 \u201cAt the end of May, the Ministry of Public Health issued an order to hospitals in each province, city and county to manufacture their own medicines,\u201d a source told Daily NK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":45545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[737],"class_list":["post-45544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-public-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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