Pyongyang, December 8 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Medical Association of Korea is conducting diverse activities for the development of medical science and technology of the country.

It has organized symposiums and seminars in various forms so that health workers across the country could find out the solutions to the urgent scientific and technological problems arising in practice through wide-ranging exchange and collective discussion.

The symposium on medical science and the national symposium of the fields of epidemic prevention and public health held amid the concern of experts marked significant occasions in studying and perfecting diagnostic and curative methods suited to the trend of the development of modern medical science and the constitution of our people and consolidating the country's anti-epidemic foundation.

Creative opinions on the issues arising in improving the quality of medical service and strengthening the material and technical foundations were expressed at the symposiums and seminars held in more than 60 fields including the breast tumour, medical genetics and dental implant. And they were further perfected in an academic way through in-depth analysis and discussions.

Efforts are being made to widely generalize the advanced medical techniques and experience of the central-level hospitals.

Many medical workers and researchers of the Pyongyang General Hospital, the Korea General Red Cross Hospital, the Kim Man Yu Hospital, the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, the Okryu Children's Hospital and other hospitals in Pyongyang are conducting joint operations, scientific lectures and mobile lecture activities at curative and preventive institutions across the country. -0-