[사회]De facto deadline for medical check-ups … Government promotes extension until next June

[앵커]

At the end of each year, appointments for medical check-ups were not easy, but this year it is particularly difficult.

This is because as the deadline approaches, the examinees who have postponed the exam due to Corona 19 are meeting immediately.

The government is considering extending the examination period until next June.

Reporter Park Hong-gu about the report.

[기자]

Before the end of the year, the reservation inquiries to the Health Examination Center are flooded.

However, if you haven’t made an appointment yet, it seems virtually impossible to get a medical check-up this year.

This is because the majority of test takers who postponed testing due to Corona 19 enthusiastically made reservations as the deadline approached and the test was closed early.

[건강검진센터 관계자 : 저희같이 종합검진만 전문으로 하는 기관은 올해 벌써 마감이 됐어요. 검진이 그거는 저희뿐 아니라 다른 종합검진기관들도 다 비슷한 상황입니다.]

As of the end of October this year, the medical check-up rate was 43.7%, 6 percentage points or more below the previous year, when it was in the 50% range.

Even earlier, almost half of them undergo health checks at the end of the year, and this has worsened this year.

If you do not receive the exam, the employer and the employer must pay a fine.

Consequently, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is promoting measures to extend the examination period.

[강도태 / 중앙재난안전대책본부 1총괄조정관 : 올해는 코로나19로 연말 쏠림현상이 가중될 위험이 더 커졌습니다. 관계부처와 협의하여 검진 기간을 내년 6월까지 연장하는 방안을 적극 검토하겠습니다.]

The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to officially announce an extension of the deadline for medical examinations in the middle of the month after discussing follow-up measures such as the budget with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, a competent ministry.

This is YTN Park Hong-gu.

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