{"id":50821,"date":"2022-03-02T14:35:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T05:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50821"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:33:30","slug":"north-korea-orders-the-opening-of-pyongyang-general-hospital-within-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-orders-the-opening-of-pyongyang-general-hospital-within-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea orders the opening of Pyongyang General Hospital within the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities recently issued an order to open Pyongyang General Hospital within the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hospital has yet to open, despite a public pledge by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to complete the facility by Oct. 10, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Pyongyang on Monday, North Korean authorities recently ordered the Ministry of Public Health to complete equipping and systemizing Pyongyang General Hospital so it can open within the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the party is preparing an opening ceremony for the hospital, focusing on its political significance as \u201can achievement of the first decade of Kim\u2019s official administration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the groundbreaking of the hospital on Mar. 17, 2020, Kim called on everyone to work together to open the facility by Party Foundation Day \u2014 Oct. 10 \u2014 of that year \u201cwithout fail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, builders could not keep the deadline in the face of multiple adverse factors, including the protracted closure of the border in the wake of COVID-19 and foreign currency shortages due to international sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have presented two concrete goals to open the Pyongyang General Hospital; namely, to smoothly deliver required medical equipment, and to equip the hospital with a remote medical system so that it \u2014 as the top hospital in the land \u2014 can provide medical services to lower-level hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to analyses of Google Earth images and reporting by Daily NK, the exterior of the hospital appears complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple sources in the country told Daily NK that while the hospital\u2019s exterior and landscaping have been complete since the middle of last year, the facility still lacks medical equipment and finished interiors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only a battalion of technicians currently remains at Pyongyang General Hospital to administer the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have been ordering the Ministry of Public Health and trade bodies to provide medical equipment and medical supplies to Pyongyang General Hospital \u201cas quickly as possible\u201d since last year. However, they have apparently been unable to resolve the equipment situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, according to the Pyongyang source, along with ordering the hospital to become an \u201cadvanced medical institution\u201d with remote medicine systems, the authorities have called on the facility to play the role of \u201cmother hospital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have recently been focusing on promoting the party\u2019s image as one that looks after the people, emphasizing the \u201cmother party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along the same lines, calling Pyongyang General Hospital the \u201cmother hospital\u201d suggests authorities are promoting the role of Kim Jong Un\u2019s \u201cleadership of love of the people\u201d in its construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201cmother hospital\u201d also appears to underscore the unified system of control and maintenance linking Pyongyang General Hospital and small regional medical institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its order to the Ministry of Public Health, North Korean authorities called on Pyongyang General Hospital to play the role of \u201cmother\u201d to all other hospitals, and to provide remote surgeries and treatments to allow regional hospitals to treat diseases they cannot treat on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the party has yet to decide whether Kim will attend the opening ceremony of the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source in Pyongyang pointed out that Kim ordered the \u201ccompletion\u201d of the hospital, but not the \u201copening\u201d of the hospital. Nevertheless, he said party officials feel \u201csomewhat burdened\u201d by the failure to carry out Kim\u2019s instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ed%8f%89%ec%96%91%ec%a2%85%ed%95%a9%eb%b3%91%ec%9b%90-%ec%97%b0%eb%82%b4-%ea%b0%9c%ec%9b%90-%eb%aa%a9%ed%91%9c-%ea%b9%80%ec%a0%95%ec%9d%80-%ea%b0%9c%ec%9b%90%ec%8b%9d-%ec%b0%b8%ec%84%9d\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities recently issued an order to open Pyongyang General Hospital within the year. The hospital has yet to open, despite a public pledge by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to complete the facility by Oct. 10, 2020. 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