The Labour Minister assigned Secretariat to the Labour Minister Lt. Gen. Nuntadech Meksawat and committee to visit Samut Sakhon to commence health check activities for insured persons at ASEFA PCL to promote healthier insured persons, reduce illnesses and medical fees.
On September 19, 2019, Labour Minister M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul assigned Secretariat to the Labour Minister Lt. Gen. Nuntadech Meksawat to chair the opening ceremony for health insurance activity for insured persons at ASEFA PCL, Rama 2 Road, Khok Krabue, Mueang, Samut Sakhon. Samut Sakhon Provincial Governor Mr. Somkit Chantamaruk welcomed the visiting committee. Member of Parliament, under Prachachat Party Ms. Anusee Tubsuwan and Advisor to the Labour Minister Mr. Kankavee Tubsuwan also joined the occasion. Secretariat to the Labour Minister and committee visited health checks for the insured at Mahachai 3 Hospital, observed the ministry’s public relations efforts and met the elderly population working in the company. They also visited bilateral students in training and disabled persons working in the company. The visiting committee then observed skill standard assessments for building electricians and visited the points of sale for disabled persons. On this occasion, there were five government department heads and officials from the Ministry of Labour joining the booths and exhibitions following the mission of agencies under the Ministry of Labour.
From the data of the Provincial Statistical Office, Samut Sakhon currently has 577,964 people, 881,097 people hidden and unidentified workers in the civil registration and 167,853 people not in the workforce. There are 713,244 people in the workforce, whereby 707,548 are employed, and 5,696 are unemployed. There are 11,304 organizations registered with the Samut Sakhon Social Security Office with 538,919 insured persons, comprising 460,592 people under Section 33, 35,682 people under Section 39, and 42,645 people under section 40. There are 167,761 migrant workers in 4,659 business establishments. Insurers from work injuries claiming a reimbursement in 2017 amounted to 5,460 people, 5,847 people in 2018, and 4,365 people to date in 2019.
Lt. Gen. Nuntadech said that the Ministry of Labour has formulated policies for the Social Security Office to conduct health checks for insured persons in the workplace and proactively drives the mission of annual health checks, which includes blood collection, weight and height measurement, blood pressure measurement, essential eye examinations, chest x-rays, urine and stool collection, and internal examination for women, which will allow insurers to know if they are at risk of developing NCD. According to data, there are two issues for workers which are illness and workplace safety. The illness of NCD causes insurers with complications to develop diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, kidneys, and heart deterioration. The activity is a health promotion measure that will ensure insurers know what their health is like to reduce their risk of illness and medical fees.
ASEFA PCL is an establishment that produces and distributes electricity and products such as electric switchboards, automatic control systems, energy management systems, including after-sales service and related engineering services. Currently, there are a total of 1,127 employees.
Member of Parliament, under Prachachat Party Ms. Anusee Tubsuwan said that as a representative of the area and spokesperson for the legislative labour committee, the city had been inspected to monitor the health of the workers in Samut Sakhon province, which has many factories. Thus, there is a higher risk of illnesses than in other regions. At the same time, there is interest to continue to monitor health care following the standards of the Ministry of Labour.
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Division of Public Relations/
News by Chaninthorn Phettab/
Photos by Kantipon Kusmit/
19 September 2019
