▲ Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyeong answers lawmakers' questions during the comprehensive parliamentary audit held at the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee on the 27th.
Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyeong stated that the government will strengthen management of chelation injections, following recent suspicions that a car battery manufacturing plant deceived workers by administering the injections under the guise of "vitamin shots" to conceal their blood lead levels.
In response to an inquiry from Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Jeon Jin-sook during the comprehensive parliamentary audit at the National Assembly, Minister Jeong stated, "We will add chelation injections as a non-benefit reporting item to monitor them."
Minister Jeong added, "We will initiate evaluation research on clinical evidence and the appropriateness of prescriptions through the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency," and said, "We will conduct administrative inspections on institutions that have excessively supplied them."
Chelation injections containing calcium disodium edetate are detoxification treatments that forcefully excrete heavy metals such as lead from blood vessels through urine.
During the process of excreting heavy metals, essential minerals such as calcium, potassium, and magnesium are also flushed out of the body, which can cause severe side effects such as kidney damage, cardiovascular toxicity, and electrolyte imbalance.
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