Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
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The Pyongyang Maternity Hospital (Korean: 평양산원; MR: P'yŏngyang Sanwon) is a maternity and teaching hospital in Pyongyang. Nurses and midwives are educated in the hospital for work outside the North Korean capital. There is a neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital. In addition, there are multiple different wards, such as dental and breast cancer wards, to treat mothers' various health problems.
Pyongyang Maternity Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Coordinates | 39°1′28″N 125°46′50″E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Beds | 1500, of which 1000 are for adults and 500 are for children[1] |
Speciality | Maternity hospital, medical education |
Helipad | Yes[2] |
History | |
Opened | Building finished in 1979.[3] Started operating on 30 July 1980.[4] |
Pyongyang Maternity Hospital | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 평양산원 |
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Hancha | 平壤產院 |
Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang Sanwon |
McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang Sanwon |
The hospital employs a unique system of video call booths for family to communicate with a woman who has given birth, as family members are restricted from being in personal contact with the newborn and the mother for five days. It is believed that this helps to prevent infections.
Traditional Korean medicine is used conspicuously in the treatment of patients, and around 30 percent of all given treatments are based on traditional methods.
In 2012, the hospital was expanded when a new wing specialized for breast cancer was constructed at the hospital grounds by orders of Kim Jong-un.