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Delegates attending the celebrations of the October holiday, Officers and soldiers of the construction unit and the construction workers, who have realized another long-cherished wish of the Party by building a wonderful modern hospital in our capital city of Pyongyang, Medical workers and other employees of the Pyongyang General Hospital, The long-awaited moment has come at last, when we are proclaiming the inauguration of this hospital. I am proud that we have achieved the first result of the public health revolution, which our Party decided to launch in order to protect our valuable lives and inject vigour into our precious living. I also find it intensely moving that we have managed to translate into reality something that was one of our ideals some years ago. This is really one of the strongest wishes I have wanted to fulfil, something that has always been in the forefront of my mind. In recent years there have gone up modern medical facilities in different places of the country, and this is a perfect hospital that is up to all standards. Modern medical facilities are indispensable in ensuring that the working people enjoy the rights granted by the state. With the development of the times, the people’s requirements regarding the protection of their lives and the promotion of their health far exceed those regarding their material and economic life, and the public health situation in a country can be called a mirror of, and a yardstick for, that country’s appearance and the character of its social system. Our country’s public health system is most advantageous and people-oriented in that it values the people’s lives most and the state takes responsibility for the health of the entire population. Yet, in terms of material and technical foundations, the public health sector is weaker than any other sectors; hospital facilities in particular are outdated. That is why, long ago, I conceived a plan of building a first-rate general hospital that would perform the functions and role of the backbone in our country’s public health sector, and I ensured that necessary preparations were made for several years. The Pyongyang General Hospital is a modern medical centre, whose architectural style, components and space environment are designed to help patients remain stable both mentally and psychologically, and which meets the general requirements of modern architecture. The specialized facilities and equipment of all its systems meet all health and hygienic standards, and they help ensuring the scientific accuracy and smoothness of medical service. The construction of the hospital was costly, but I am really pleased that we now have a perfect hospital that can provide our people with an excellent environment for medical treatment and advanced medical service. And my pride in waging the revolution is greater than ever before. Located in the heart of the capital city is this modern general hospital, whose operation is conducive to the promotion of our people’s health and the protection of their lives. This is an auspicious event to be recorded in the annals of our times when transformations take place true to the people’s beautiful dreams and ideals. Today I am more pleased that I have achieved my real desire and objective, which is to build the Pyongyang General Hospital as befits a present of sincerity for our people. As I said before, some troubles and complicated problems cropped up in the course of building this hospital, owing to the undisciplined arrangements made by some fame-seeking persons. However, we have adopted necessary measures to remain unfailingly faithful to our basic mission and fulfilled our sacred duty of absolute service for the people. In no case should we allow Party policy to be undermined by personal fame. We are now standing here with pride in having defended the people-oriented character of Party policy which must never be undermined. I would like to affirm that the vitality of the policies pursued by the Workers’ Party of Korea lies in their absolutely people-oriented character. The Pyongyang General Hospital will leave its name in history as an aggregation of genuine and deep sincerity shown by the Party, a hospital which was built from A to Z on its own responsibility and equipped with the best possible facilities for the sake of the people.
