North Korea’s top official dies from Chinese drug injection, Kim Jong-un furious, orders ban on all Chinese-made drugs

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was so angry that he ordered Pyongyang’s main hospital to ban the use of Chinese-made drugs, sources said, after a top North Korean official in his 60s died after being injected with Chinese drugs.

According to the Daily North Korean, a source said that a senior official of the North Korean economic system recently suffered from heart disease and high blood pressure and was treated at the Pyongyang Medical University Hospital. When he was hospitalized, the official was not feeling well due to other illnesses, so the hospital gave him a dose of “co-carboxylase. According to reports, this drug is usually used to help patients reduce fatigue, and is also considered a “panacea” for lung diseases, high blood pressure and even infectious diseases in North Korea.

The report said that senior officials are afraid to use North Korean-made drugs

The report points out that North Korea is now difficult to obtain imported drugs because of the epidemic and international sanctions, so the authorities mostly use North Korea’s own drugs, but the North Korean people generally do not trust North Korea-made drugs. The doctor wanted to let the official use North Korean drugs, but was dissuaded by other medical staff, saying that such senior officials could not be injected with domestic drugs, and finally the doctor injected the official with Chinese drugs, and the official unfortunately died.

The report said the deceased official, who had served since the Kim Jong Il era and had long been trusted, was so upset and angry that he ordered Pyongyang’s main hospital to ban the use of Chinese drugs and confiscate them when he learned that the official had been injected with Chinese drugs.

The North Korean authorities are still confirming the cause of the official’s death, but the investigation also found that Pyongyang’s main hospital did not properly store the drugs, and sometimes the medical staff had been storing them without refrigeration because the refrigerators and freezers were out of power.