Shang Yongmei
Coronary virus disease epidemic is raging worldwide, which deeply tests the ability of countries and the quality of the people.The epidemic situation that has not been effectively controlled so far has forced many countries to declare into an emergency and fall into the dilemma of fatigue and weakness.
On April 12, 2020, Cuba, with a per capita GDP of only 10,000 US dollars, sent a assistant doctor to Italy with a per capita GDP of up to $ 38,000, which caused heated discussions. At the same time, Cuba's advanced medical technology and medical system also attracted the worldfocus on.North Korea's medical system is similar to that of Cuba. Although North Korea has not announced that there are confirmation cases in China, how the medical and health care of North Korea is also an important indicator of North Korea's ability to respond to the spread of the epidemic.
After the founding of North Korea, according to domestic economic and social conditions, medical care policies were formulated. After years of development and construction, a medical care system with the responsibility system of the doctor's area was established.There is a clinic in the cave, similar to the community hospital in China.There are cities and county people's hospitals in cities and counties, and the roads and municipalities of the superior administrative organs have people's hospitals and university hospitals to provide more complete treatment conditions.However, North Korea's early investment in medical construction was insufficient, and the medical level and facilities were far from reaching the level of Cuba.
North Korea's health care system is mainly composed of three parts: free medical care, prevention of medical care, and doctors' communities. The core is the responsibility system of the doctor's area.
The responsibility system of the doctor's area is that North Korea has determined the front line of medical security in the residential area, and the health care of the country is controlled from the grassroots level. Generally, there are three or four doctors.They not only provide medical services for patients, but also to visit the households responsible, monitor the health of the residents at any time, and provide diagnosis and treatment.Each family has a responsible doctor to provide on -site medical care services, and timely report to the country's disease protection situation to the country, facilitate the country's accurate and timely control, and formulate effective measures.
With the development of the economy, North Korea has also established a complete medical service system with a children's medical service network, women's medical service network, Korean medical service network, etc. from the Central to the local area.receive treatment.
As one of the symbols that reflect the superiority of Korean socialism, although North Korea's free medical system is sometimes satisfactory and sometimes famous, it is a system of the North Korean people's pride.
North Korea's establishment of a free medical system is an inevitable choice for North Korea to stabilize the regime according to the domestic political and economic situation.
In 1947, the North Korean Social Insurance Law was formulated to introduce a free medical system; during the Korean War, North Korea implemented a national free medical system in order to respond to the wartime crisis; in 1960, North Korea fully implemented the free medical system;EssenceThe implementation of the free medical system has inspired the national passion of patriotism, enhanced the cohesion of the regime, and enabled North Korea to establish a very smooth medical security system.
Although North Korea has established a relatively complete medical security system, there is a contradiction with its special system.The first is the priority policy in the North Korean system. North Korea has adopted a priority policy for the privileged class and the national special contributions. In the case of limited national medical care conditions in North Korea, it is obviously impossible to ensure the medical needs of ordinary people.
After Kim Jong -un's administration, he began to implement policies to attach importance to economic development and pay attention to science and technology. He also established large hospitals and medical research institutes, medical product factories, and other vigorously developing medical care industries in the field of medical care.
Since the outbreak of the crown disease, North Korea has attached great importance to the fight against the epidemic. It not only launched a super -level emergency epidemic prevention measure in the early stage of the epidemic to ensure the organizational, consistency and obligation of epidemic prevention work. It is one of the earliest countries to adopt strict management measures;Moreover, with the gradual deepening of crown disease, North Korea is also adjusting related epidemic prevention measures accordingly, showing the high degree of personnel organizational ability and policy implementation capabilities of North Korea.
At the end of January 2020, North Korea has a very high -end Central People's Health Guidance Committee announced that North Korea ’s health and epidemic prevention system has been converted into the national emergency epidemic prevention system, the special committee is established to command epidemic prevention work, suspend tourists to enter the country, block the border and suspend international flights and passenger transport.Foreigners in North Korea have to accept 30 days of isolation until the epidemic infected by crown disease is completely ended.Dao, cities, and counties at all levels of North Korea also actively launched epidemic prevention work, disinfected daily in public places, and comprehensively carried out epidemic prevention and propaganda work.
North Korea banned people from gathering for dining and gathering in public places.Schools at all levels have also extended the winter vacation, and students delayed their start.Shopping centers such as Dacheng Department Store and Pyongyang 1st Pyrodalist Store in Pyongyang have also taken corresponding current limit measures.North Korea has been isolated for more than 25,000 people, and 709 people have performed new crown virus testing.At the same time, North Korea is actively seeking assistance from the outside world through civil organizations.
On April 11, 2020, Kim Jong -un presided over the Central Political Bureau meeting. The meeting passed the joint resolution of the Central Committee of the North Korean Workers' Party, the State Council, and the Cabinet.The intensity of emergency prevention work in the Great Country shows that the Korean regime attaches importance to the epidemic and the domestic epidemic situation in North Korea is not optimistic.
Similar to North Korea's medical system and Cuba, they all borrow from the medical care system of the former Soviet Union.However, North Korea is insufficient, and North Korea's medical level and facilities are far from reaching the level of Cuba.For a long time, the economic development has stalled, and the people have to rely on the private health medical system driven by the farmers' market. Especially since 2016, the international community has imposed comprehensive and severe sanctions on North Korea.Essence
At present, the negative impact of the coronary epidemic on the economy of various countries has gradually appeared. If North Korea has confirmed cases internally, whether the North Korean system will be as fragile as the United States and South Korea and other countries, and even paralyzed, are the indicators to observe North Korea's ability to respond to the epidemic.
In addition, the political system issued by the North Korean state, and the extremely strict and efficient mobilization capabilities and social control, can it effectively and effectively help North Korea to avoid the harm of the epidemic;Coping capabilities, whether it is enough to control the situation as it is to control the situation, is a huge challenge and test to the Kim Jong -un regime.
The author is an associate researcher at the Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences
Although North Korea has established a relatively complete medical security system, there is a contradiction with its special system.The first is the priority policy in the North Korean system. North Korea has adopted a priority policy for the privileged class and the national special contributions. In the case of limited national medical care conditions in North Korea, it is obviously impossible to ensure the medical needs of ordinary people.
