Regarding the "Obstetrics Medical Compensation System" for children with severe cerebral palsy related to childbirth, to children who were excluded from the conventional standards before the compensation standards will be relaxed from next month An organization made up of parents submitted a request to the government, etc., asking for relief measures.

The request was made by the "Parents' Association for Considering the Obstetrics Medical Compensation System" made by parents of children with cerebral palsy, and on the 24th, the request was submitted to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.



The obstetrics medical compensation system is a system in which compensation is paid to children with severe cerebral palsy related to childbirth, but by the standard so far, in the case of premature birth from 28 to 31 weeks of pregnancy, etc. It had to be confirmed by individual examination that it was hypoxic at the time of delivery.



However, the criteria will be revised from the latest verification, individual examination will be abolished from next month, and children born after 28 weeks of pregnancy will be covered in principle.



The request states that there are no remedies for children who are already excluded by the previous standards, and that these children should be compensated in the same way.



One person who made the request, Sachiko Nagashima, said, "The current situation is that children with severe cerebral palsy cannot work together and the child's nursing environment changes depending on whether or not they are covered by compensation. Children left behind by the new standards. I want them to be widely compensated. "