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children with disabilites.
145. Does the government have any plan to resolve conflicts and address social
awareness as in the past where a plan to build a facility for children with disabilities meets
public opposition?
2. Rights to Life, Survival, Health and Health Care
Issue 40. Health and Health Services
1) Current status
146. As of 2015, children affected by critical illnesses including cancer, rare incurable
diseases, cardiac disorders, and cerebrovascular diseases have increased every year along
with its medical costs since 2012. According to the Status Report of Children with Critical
Illness Applied Special Case by the National Health Insurance Service, as of 2015, 59,858
patients have visited doctor's office with the medical expenses spent worth KRW
365,891,904,000.
147. As for children, outpatients who lead a daily life are more relevant than inpatients,
while medical institutions prefer inpatients to outpatients due to health insurance fee.
Children living in provincial areas often have to travel a long distance and check in a
rehabilitation facility in a nearby city. Rehabilitation treatment for children tends to last longterm; hence, patients’ excess of 30% of the medical cost places a huge burden, while critical
rehabilitation items such as speech language therapy is even uninsured.
2) Questions
148. Please present the status of children in need of rehabilitation treatment. Please also
include the number of children lacking the access to the treatment.
149.
Please elaborate on the government's policy to protect rights to life and health of