KIM MAN YU HOSPITAL
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has approved the use of Kim Man Yu Hospital in Pyongyang as the training hospital for PUST DMS College of Medicine (COM). PUST DMS is evaluating a plan that would upgrade the first two floors of the facility to be compatible with Western medical equipment.
The hospital was built in 1986 and is located on Munsoo Street near the Daedong River in the capital city Pyongyang. The Kim Man Yu Hospital has more than 1300 beds and 200 inpatient rooms. At the time of its completion and throughout the 1990’s it was described as the most medically advanced hospital in the DPRK. The hospital has two cardiac angiography suites and is appraised to have expertise in cardiovascular procedures.