| A Patient, Whofs Disease was Recognized
as Occupational, Consults with a Doctor Isamu Iwasaki, born in 1924, who had been working as a subcontracted worker for Sumitomo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., had his disease recognized as occupational two years after he consulted the Hotline. It sometimes takes even longer for retired patients to have their disease recongnized as occupational, because they have to go through various complicated procedures before reaching recognition. |
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