Compensation is paid to children with severe cerebral palsy related to childbirth based on the "Obstetrics Medical Compensation System" regardless of whether the medical institution is at fault.
With the relaxation of compensation standards, the system's steering committee expressed the view that the government should provide support under a separate framework for relief measures for children who were not eligible under the previous standards. Did.
The obstetric medical compensation system is a system that pays 30 million yen in compensation for children who have severe cerebral palsy related to childbirth. In principle, children born after the 28th week of pregnancy were eligible for compensation.
In response, a group made up of parents submitted a request for relief measures for children who were not eligible under the previous standards, and on the 23rd, the steering committee of the system made up of doctors and lawyers responded. I explained the results of my consideration at a press conference.
Among them, the steering committee said that retroactive payments to children who were not eligible under the previous standards would damage the trust in the examination and system, and that similar problems would arise when reviewing the scope of compensation in the future. , indicated the idea that it is not appropriate.
After that, he said that he submitted a request to the government, saying that support should be considered in a different framework in order to rescue children who were not eligible.
Yoshiki Kobayashi, Chairman of the Committee, said, "It is difficult to pay retroactively, but the economic situation of families raising children with cerebral palsy is severe, and the government should provide broad support."