Pyongyang Maternity Hospital

Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
Chosŏn'gŭl	평양산원
Hancha	平壤產院
Revised Romanization	Pyeongyang Sanwon
McCune–Reischauer	P'yŏngyang Sanwon

Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
	Entrance of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
Geography
Location	Pyongyang, North Korea
Coordinates	39°1′28″N 125°46′50″E / 39.02444°N 125.78056°E
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Beds	1500, of which 1000 are for adults and 500 are for children
Speciality	Maternity hospital, medical education
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	Building finished in 1979. Started operating on 30 July 1980.

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.

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.

^ Jasper Becker (1 May 2005). Rogue Regime : Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-19-803810-8.
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[Becker2005-1] Jasper Becker (1 May 2005). Rogue Regime : Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-19-803810-8.

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