Retired Queensland miner Terry Blanch worked in the underground coal mining industry for 30 years, but was diagnosed with silicosis at the beginning of 2017.
He said it took him two-and-half-years, three specialists and a number of doctors to be officially diagnosed.
Mr Blanch said he was disappointed mining company-appointed doctors — who told him he had bronchitis — did not know how to read chest X-rays correctly. Read more: abc.net.au