A black lung advocacy group says there have been almost 20 new diagnoses of coal dust diseases in Queensland workers in the past two weeks, with more likely coming.
The struggle for recognition Allan Whyte spent 46 years working in Queensland's coal mines and has now been diagnosed with coal workers' pneumoconiosis — or 'black lung'. His doctors say he is on borrowed time. "I can't walk from here to the car because I'm out of breath. I can't do anything at all," Mr Whyte said. "My doctor in Brisbane told me to come back in four months … but he doesn't know if I'll make it back.
In 2013, coal worker's pneumoconiosis killed 25,000 people, according to UK medical journal The Lancet. Source: University of Kentucky, US National Library of Medicine and The Lancet Queensland Mines Minister Anthony Lynham said Dr Cohen had been integral to the work being done in Australia. "Doctor Cohen is actually leading the push for Queensland," Mr Lynham said.
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