Even in Pyongyang, North Koreans seek illegal home medical care - Daily NK English

Even in Pyongyang, North Koreans seek illegal home medical care - Daily NK English

Illegal home medical treatments are widespread not only in North Korea’s provinces but even in the capital Pyongyang. The main reason is that official medical institutions like hospitals lack basic medical supplies. “So-called private medicine or ‘neighborhood doctors,’ which have become commonplace in the provinces and rural communities, can now often be seen even in Pyongyang,” a Daily NK source in the country said recently. “With hospitals lo…