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Asian Standard Course Syllabus For Reader Training in ILO classification of Pneumoconiosis in Radiographs 24 July 2006. THE WORKMEN ’ S COMPENSATION FUND Social Security Office Ministry of Labour Thailand by MRS. Jitra Tanodom
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Asian Standard Course Syllabus For Reader Training in ILO classification of Pneumoconiosis in Radiographs 24 July 2006
THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION FUND Social Security Office Ministry of Labour Thailand by MRS. Jitra Tanodom Chief of Contribution Rating Section
Workmen’s Compensation Fund The purpose of the Fund are : - replacing employer's liability and - giving prompt and equitable protection against injury, disease, disability or death resulting from employment
Main functions of the WCF • Provide medical treatment and rehabilitation for employees who are faced with work-related injury ,disease • Provide protection for employees who are faced with work-related injury and occupational disease. • 3. Promoting safety at work place and work injury prevention.
Roles of WCF relevant to supporting pneumoconiosis diagnosis • How to find out the worker who is suffered from inorganic dust at work, • How to Prevent • Promoting improvement tobetter Heath and safety work-place
Roles of WCF relevant to supporting pneumoconiosis diagnosis • Providing statistical information • Financial Supports that is -The Department of Disease Control The Ministry of Public health - Department of Labour Protection & Welfare The Ministry of Labour - Experts from university for research - Employer and employee for training
Ministry of Public health • Supporting budget for training of occupational medicine and nurses • Acquire foreign medical experts to conduct physical examination in reading and diagnosis of X-ray films pertaining the relevant disease • Set up network for Occupational Clinic • Co-operate with networking public health hospitals which are the center of each region. • Co-ordinate with hospitals in regard to the implementation of all measures to ensure itsaeffectiveness. • To ensure all employees with work-related disease will receive proper medical treatmentin Occupational Clinic of the hospitals
Establisment of Occupational Healthand safety Institution To incorporate the funtion of occupational health , safety and workmen’ compensation fund
In summary. We strongly hope that we would be able to materialize at least a major part of the above plans, if not all,which would enable all the affected employees to receive the appropriated medical treatments including their rightfulclaims as a result produced by this Asian Workshop on ChestX-ray reading of Pneumoconiosis. We also hope that this training will bring about a total reduction in the Occupational /Disease in the near future.