The Kim Man Yu Hospital invented a method of washing intestinal canal in a shorter time and a new way of endoscopy capable of diagnosing colon cancer in its early stage and established a new standard of differential diagnosis.

The Pyongyang Maternity Hospital applied vasography to treatment of gynecopathy. Its application is considered effective in recovering female disorder.

The Tumour Institute of the Academy of Medical Science developed a new kind of anti-cancer medicine.