Fishing equipment "It takes up to four and a half years to receive re-examination results for damage from humidifier disinfectants."

(Dangjin = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-deok = It was found that it took as long as four and a half years to receive the results after applying for re-examination of humidifier disinfectant damage.

According to the results of an analysis of 542 reexamination processing details submitted by the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute on the 14th by a member of the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee (Democratic Party of Korea, Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province), it took an average of 457.5 days from application to notification of results.

There were 355 cases, or 65.5% of the total, that took more than a year, and 29 cases took more than two years.

The longest one was applied on December 23, 2021, and the result was notified on July 8 of this year, which took a total of 1,658 days.

It took 287 days from application to start of medical review, 1,322 days from start of medical review to completion, and 49 days from committee deliberation to notification of results.

Looking at all reexamination applications, it took an average of 34.1 days from application to start of medical review, 352.3 days from start of medical review to completion, 27.8 days from completion of review to committee deliberation, and 43.3 days from review to notification of results.

Rep. Eogyu said, "If you applied to receive a victim determination again and waited four and a half years to hear the result, that time is another painful time for the victim and her family. Medical judgment must be cautious, but it is our basic responsibility to treat the victim to first inform the victim of the progress and the expected processing date, rather than just telling the victim to wait."