Individual medical examination for infants Policy to subsidize part of the cost to local government Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 6:21 on May 21
Because the group health checkups for infants are being suspended or postponed one after another due to the effect of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has established a policy to subsidize some of the costs to the local governments that conducted individual health checkups at medical institutions instead. It was.
Due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has indicated that local governments that have issued an emergency declaration will cancel the group medical examination for infants in principle, and postpone it in other areas as necessary. Therefore, cancellations and postponements are occurring in various places.
There are concerns that the health checkups for infants cannot be carried out by related parties, as they not only check the growth status on a regular basis but also detect illnesses and disorders at an early stage and prevent abuse. Was also up.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has established a policy of subsidizing part of the necessary costs so that local governments can carry out individual medical examinations at medical institutions instead of group medical examinations.
Specifically, for medical examinations for 1 year and 6 months and medical examinations for 3 years old conducted by municipalities, instead of group medical examinations, a local pediatrician or dentist will give an individual medical examination. If you do, we will support half of the cost.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will include the necessary expenses in the second supplementary budget for this year, which will be summarized soon.