North Korea's 'horrifying' health care system
- ️The Week Staff
- ️Mon Jul 19 2010
Here's a tip for the handful of tourists who visit North Korea each year: Don't get sick. A report from Amnesty International says health-care standards in the communist country are appallingly low, with hospitals that barely function, operations performed without anesthetic, and rampant disease made worse by malnutrition (Watch a report about North Korea's health care system.) Here's a brief guide:
How bad are the hospitals in North Korea?
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