The health ministry has released a report indicating that survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki who are not currently eligible for the government's subsidized medical care suffer from deteriorating health that is attributed to mental trauma.
Based on the report, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is expected to discuss expanding the subsidized medical coverage to include survivors of the bombing who live in and around Nagasaki and who are ill as a result of mental trauma.
Under the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law, which came into effect in 1995, the ministry has only recognized people with radiation-related health problems as being eligible to receive the government-subsidized health treatment.