Pyongyang Ophthalmic Hospital, donated by the International Association of Lions Clubs, was inaugurated in June Juche 94 (2005). It is in Thongil Street of Pyongyang, with the main building—one storey under and three storeys above the ground—and several auxiliary buildings.
It is fully provided with material and technological foundations for treating and studying eye diseases, and staffed with competent personnel, most of whom completed the postgraduate courses at the then Pyongyang University of Medicine and have now had plenty of ability and experience.
The hospital has recently established a base of producing artificial crystalline lenses.
It is making strenuous efforts to keep up with the developing trend of ophthalmology by setting up specialized sections and becoming well versed in advanced technologies and skills.
To this end it frequently holds study sessions for technical knowledge, medical consultations and meetings for sharing experience, so as to solve clinical and technological bottlenecks by the collective efforts.
The ophthalmic research room has developed a new kind of lenses for iris defects, which improved the treatment of myopic patients.
The cataract section cured many patients by treating them with newly-acquired surgical manuals.
Doctors from the vitreous and retinal treatment section, including its chief Kim Man Sok and doctor Kim Kyong Ae, have mastery of microsurgical procedures and can perform operations to correct retinal detachment, the opacity of and hemorrhage in the vitreous body, and other related diseases on a high level.
The laser treatment section is also gaining success in treating eye diseases with argon and YAG laser, while the pediatric section can perform surgery on congenital cataracts and special squint for babies less than one month old.
Its medical workers are also conducting treatment at local hospitals.
The hospital is thus famous among the people for excellent skills of the doctors in medical practice and their deep sincerity devoted to the patients.
[...] Pyongyang Ophthalmic Hospital, donated by the International Association of Lions Clubs, was inaugurated in June Juche 94 (2005). [...]
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