英文閱讀：誰該為我的職業(yè)病買單

1、第 第 頁英文閱讀：誰該為我的職業(yè)病買單According to Ye Ming*in, a researcher from Beijing Yilian Legal Aid and Study Center of Labor, the most important prevention work is neglected by employers.According to our report, only 23 percent of employers provide some protective facilities. Most employers do not inform worke

2、rs of risks or provide any training in occupational health, and 46 percent of respondent employers had never conducted occupational health checks.The current complicated procedure is unfavorable to workers who must overcome a series of difficulties to receive compensation. According to Ye Ming*in, 4

3、8% of patients interviewed have had the e*perience of being rejected dialysis from the Occupational Diseases Institute. The reason for that is their employers refuse to provide victims work-related medical history record. Even after patients are diagnosed of an occupational disease, the work-related

4、 injury claim procedure takes an average of three years.Meanwhile, workers interests are vulnerable. Of the 1,026 poisoned workers interviewed with an average age of 37.5, appro*imately 45.6 percent of respondents said their employers did not buy injury insurance for them, 55.9 percent faced similar

5、 situations regarding endowment insurance, and 86 percent admitted they have not joined in any labor unions.Jia Guang, professor of Occupational Health from Beijing University, said, faced with the challenge, it is far more important to prevent occupational diseases than to try to cure them.Occupati

6、onal diseases have a very distinguished feature which is they have very long latent periods. Patients may have symptoms emerge after ten years, or even 30 years. This will greatly affect their lives after retirement and add burdens to our society. The most important principle in occupational health is prevention. We should try to eliminate the e*posure to occupational no*ious factors from the beginning.To tackle occupational diseases wont be an easy job. The Yilian center reckons that government should be responsible for making sure employers provide adequate