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==Health care== Medical centers include the Red Cross Hospital, the First People's Hospital which is located near Moran Hill and was the first hospital to be built in North Korea after the [[liberation of Korea]] in 1945,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pyongyang City People's Hospital No. 1 |agency=KCNA |url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200205/news05/22.htm |date=22 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012034951/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200205/news05/22.htm |archive-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> the Second People's Hospital, Ponghwa Recuperative Center (also known as [[Bonghwa Clinic]] or Presidential Clinic) located in Sokam-dong, [[Potonggang-guyok]], {{cvt|1.5|km|mi|0}} northwest of [[Kim Il Sung Square]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ponghwa-clinic-expanded-during-2009-2010/ |title=Ponghwa Clinic Expanded During 2009-2010, NK Leadership Watch |website=Nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713111814/https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ponghwa-clinic-expanded-during-2009β2010/ |archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> Pyongyang Medical School Hospital, Namsan Treatment Center which is adjacent<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2007/06/25/where-did-kim-jong-il-receive-his-surgery/ |title=Where Did Kim Jong Il Receive His Surgery? |website=North Korean Economy Watch |date=2007-06-25 |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702152245/http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2007/06/25/where-did-kim-jong-il-receive-his-surgery/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pyongyang's Maternity Hospital]], Taesongsan General Hospital,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-healthcare-2014-5 |title=I Had A Scary Encounter With North Korea's Crumbling Healthcare System |website=Business Insider |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-date=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512045704/http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-healthcare-2014-5 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kim Man-yoo Hospital, Staff Treatment Center and Okryu Children's Hospital. A new hospital named [[Pyongyang General Hospital]] began construction in Pyongyang in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Martyn |title=Construction Progressing Rapidly at the Pyongyang General Hospital |url=https://www.38north.org/2020/04/pyhospital040320/ |access-date=30 June 2020 |work=[[38 North]] |date=3 April 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701140207/https://www.38north.org/2020/04/pyhospital040320/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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