Remedies for Hansen's Disease Family: Confirmation of policy aiming for the formation of a bipartisan October 2, 19:58
In response to the ruling of the class action was observed discrimination damage to the leprosy patient's family, bipartisan lawmakers to open the meeting, to provide a work team, a bill incorporating the remedy to the family to prospect the middle of this month In summary, we confirmed the policy aiming to be established at the extraordinary Diet session.
Members such as the “partisan parliament gathering” of the bipartisan group working on the solution of the problem following the judgment of the class action that recognized the discrimination damage to the family of leprosy patients held a meeting in the National Assembly on the evening of the 2nd. And the plaintiffs exchanged opinions on the compensation system for their families.
And, by providing a new work team, hurry the task of creating legislation that incorporates the remedy to the family, is compiled to prospect the middle of this month, four days, was confirmed a policy aimed at established in the extraordinary Diet session to be convened .
In addition, it was agreed that efforts were made to secure doctors in light of the lack of doctors at national sanatoria where former patients were admitted.
With regard to the compensation system for families, the government intends to increase the amount of compensation beyond the judgment and expand the scope of coverage, and adjustments are being made with the plaintiffs.