“Widely apply work-related accidents to infections of health care workers” The labor union makes an urgent request April 29, 5:53
With the spread of new coronavirus infection, a labor union made up of doctors and nurses makes an urgent request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and infection of medical workers is flexible, such as widely applying industrial accidents even if the infection route is unknown. I asked to operate it.
Five labor groups made up of doctors, nurses, and caregivers interviewed on the 28th, and revealed that they made an urgent request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
In requests, the number of cases where the route of infection is unknown is increasing, so if not only the doctor who treated the patient, but a person who works at the same medical institution as the doctor becomes infected, even if the route of infection is unknown, the worker can apply the industrial accident widely. However, he demanded flexible management of infections of medical staff, such as compensation for leave and survivor pensions in case of death.
It also appeals to medical institutions for financial support from the country, saying that management may rapidly deteriorate at clinics that are refraining from treatments other than the new coronavirus, and regional healthcare may collapse.
Keisuke Kishimoto, Secretary-General of Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions, said, "It is very difficult to prove when a new coronavirus was spread. It is said that all medical staff will compensate to maintain the medical field. I want you to make policy decisions. "