No Experience Required... Gyeongnam Office of Education Offers Lung Cancer Screening for Low-Experience Food Service Workers

Support for Additional Examination Fees in Case of Suspicious Findings

The Gyeongnam Office of Education will also support lung cancer screening for food service workers with short career durations.

According to the provincial Office of Education on the 17th, this screening is part of the lung cancer prevention measures for food service workers proposed by the Gyeongnam Office of Education to the National Association of City and Provincial Superintendents of Education last year, aimed at protecting the health of food service workers with relatively short careers.

The provincial Office of Education expanded the Ministry of Employment and Labor's lung cancer screening criteria, which applied to those with over 10 years of experience or aged 55 and above, to include food service workers with over 8 years of experience or aged 55 and above last year.

Gyeongnam Office of Education.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

This year’s screening targets about 2,500 nutrition teachers, dietitians, cooks, and kitchen assistants at public and private schools or institutions who did not receive lung cancer screening last year, including newly hired personnel this year.

Eligible individuals can undergo low-dose chest CT scans at 22 designated national lung cancer screening hospitals in the province from the 17th of this month until September 16.

The Office of Education plans to support additional screening costs up to 600,000 KRW if lung cancer is suspected.

Jo Ibong, Director of Safety General Affairs, said, “With this lung cancer screening support, we will prepare follow-up measures to ensure that food service workers can work in a safer environment.”

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