Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital

Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- The Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital located in the area of Munsu, Pyongyang is well known to the whole country for its high medical service.

After its opening in October 2016, the hospital has used computer-aided clinical charts and perfected information service system for the management of the hospital and telemedicine system, thus raising the level of IT in the ophthalmic medical service.

It has stored hundreds of thousands of latest scientific and technological data in the e-library and improved the technical and skill levels of medical workers, thus doubling the number of holders of academic degrees and titles as compared with those in its opening.

The diagnosis and treatment methods for eye diseases with high rates of contraction of diseases and loss of eyesight including cataract and glaucoma have been put on a world level.

It has introduced many advanced diagnosis and treatment methods into clinical practice and developed cutting-edge surgical methods every year and thus cured tens of thousands of patients so far. And it has also compiled guidelines for diagnosis and treatment and distributed them to all parts of the country.

The glass shop of the hospital also made glasses according to scientific diagnosis and prescription and served customers with various kinds of glasses suited to taste, sex and age.

The medical workers, service persons and employees of the hospital are devoting all their wisdom and enthusiasm to steadily improve the quality of medical service, true to the noble intention of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

On October 17, 2016, respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un visited the completed Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital and set forth the tasks for the management and operation of the hospital including the issue of offering good medical service by steadily improving the responsibility and practical qualification of medical workers, service persons and employees of the hospital.

That day he said with pleasure that it was his desire to build the general ophthalmic hospital at the world's advanced level and provide it to the people and it is the work he wanted to do, adding that the completion of the excellent general ophthalmic hospital which can make a contribution to promoting the people's health on the occasion of the founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea satisfied one of his wishes. -0-