Tuberculosis can be both prevented and cured. However, TB causes greater number of deaths than any other diseases and twice as

Pyongyang, May 6 (KCNA) -- An event took place at the Taedonggang Diplomatic Club on Monday to mark the International Day of the

The general traumatic surgery department of Pyongyang Municipal General Hospital No. 2 is counted as one of the renowned

“We often perform surgeries on patients with terminal tumour,” says Pak Song Guk, head of the tumour surgery department of the

In late March 1993, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the Songdowon International Children’s Camp, on receiving a report that the

One February morning in 1961, the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung was very pleased to read an article carried in the then Minju

The ophthalmology department of Kim Man Yu Hospital is recognized at home as a prestigious unit in treating orbital tumour. Since

One October day in 2013, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the construction site of a children’s hospital nearing

The Mannyon Pharmaceutical Factory is well known both at home and abroad. The factory, founded in August 1986, develops and

The Myongbang Pharmaceutical Factory is a unit which produces Koryo medicines developed by the Koryo Medicine General Hospital,

The proctology department of Kim Man Yu Hospital is successfully treating rectal cancer with transanal rectal resection. The first

One day in June 1986 President Kim Il Sung visited Kim Man Yu Hospital. Walking through the entrance gateway, he learned about the

In late autumn of 1974 Korean technicians contracted a fatal disease while working in an African country as members of a DPRK

One day in May 2017, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Rangnang Disabled Soldiers’ Essential Plastic Goods Factory.

The Pharmaceutical Institute under the Academy of Medical Sciences has succeeded in manufacturing Samhyang Uhwangchongsimhwan in

April 7 is World Health Day. Every year the day serves as an important occasion in raising the governmental and public awareness

The tumour research section of the Clinical Research Institute of Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences has successfully

An advanced system for managing public health, the district doctor system helps to successfully carry out the Workers’ Party of

The Plastic Surgery Department of Clinical Faculty No. 2 of Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences has achieved successes in

As a standard pharmacy is being established in one district after another in Pyongyang, the Pothonggang District Medical Supplies