Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's Work Observed
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- A national seminar on medical science took place here from Oct. 18 to 20 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's famous work "Socialist Medical Science Is Preventive Medicine". The work published on Oct. 20, Juche 55 (1966) clarified the principle of socialist medicine and basic issues arising in developing the health service.
At the seminar Kim In Guk, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Medical Association, made a speech on the subject "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung's famous work 'Socialist Medical Science Is Preventive Medicine' is important guidelines indicating the principle and ways of socialist medical science."
The work is an immortal classic work as it gave overall answers to the theoretical and practical issues related to the socialist medical science, preventive medicine and a Juche-based programme for health care as it indicated the way of successfully realizing the century-old desire of the people to live long in good health in socialist society, he said, adding:
Kim Jong Il has wisely steered the work to achieve fresh success in implementing the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on preventive medicine as required by the developing reality.
He called on all the medical workers to deeply study and grasp the WPK's Juche-based idea and theory of preventive medicine and thoroughly embody them so as to effect great innovations in the health service and contribute to the protection of working people's life and promotion of their health.
Then followed panel discussions in the fields of hygienic and anti-epidemic science, basic medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, Koryo medicine and pharmacy.
Hundreds of papers on medical science and technology were presented at the panel discussions.
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