The Juche idea comprehensively clarifies the major task of building the socialist public health.
The major task of building the socialist public health is to make preventive medicine the basis of socialist medicine.
Preventive medicine embodies inherent requirement of socialist medicine.
Whether priority and importance are given to medical treatment and preventive medicine is changed according to class character and mission of medical service. Socialist medicine that serves the people’s life and health regards it as the main duty to protect their life and promote their health by taking measures in advance lest they should suffer from illness. This is unimaginable in the capitalist society where money decides everything and medical service is merely for making money. Preventive medicine can be realized only in the socialist society where the popular masses are the masters of state and society. In this sense it can be said that preventive medicine is an important index characterizing fundamental difference between socialism and capitalism in public health.
Therefore, making preventive medicine the basis of socialist medicine is an important task in building the socialist public health.
In order to make preventive medicine the basis of socialist medicine, it is necessary to strengthen the hygienic and anti-epidemic work and the anti-disease campaign. In addition, activities should be conducted to prevent pollution in advance. In the meantime active pollution-preventive plans should be fulfilled and the hygienic propaganda and the district doctor system should be improved.
The major task of building the socialist public health is also to steadily improve and promote medical service for the people.
Medical service is an important undertaking that enables people to fully enjoy the medical benefits of free medical care granted by the Party and state. Medical service should be done well. Only then, is it possible to well protect and improve the people’s life and health and give full play to the superiority and vitality of universal free medical care.
In order to improve medical service, it is necessary to steadily improve diagnosis and remedy, enhance the specialization level of medical service and properly manage the medical service.
