Please consider supporting this #MEACTION petition in support of a young Swedish ME sufferer being threatened with enforced psychiatric treatment. https://act.meaction.net/page/25125...fm5s3GNtGc5aQHLEwlgZ9YxzqHQAWmArucalj9vshU5Jc
There's a thread about Holger here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/‘help-holger-now’-video-about-a-swedish-man-with-very-severe-me.15874/
thanks for highlighting this truly awful abuse of power by so called medical professionals . i have signed and shared . perhaps what is truly needed is a change in law that halts this paternalistic and myopic view of the medical profession that they cannot possibly get anything wrong . ego seems to be the largest player in these abusive situations i am sure a jury would spot this type of narcissism very quickly .
Could Ron Davis help? I don't know his email address but hopefully Simon M does. At least perhaps he could add some sense to the fools who are trying to put Holger into psychiatric care.
I interviewed Holger's brother Anton and will publish on Monday -- the health director recently refused the petition -- so the possibility of forced institutionalization is still very real.
I have not yet written a personal letter of protest, but as well as that is there anything we can do in relation to the health director’s refusal to receive the petition?
Anton's update, in part: "We have not accepted the healthcare director's reply and asked him to invite us to a meeting and also give us an informed answer because he obviously isn't aware of the details. He is now questioned already by IVO because of the region's handling of Covid-19 patients. They have failed." (IVO = healthcare inspection authority)
David Tuller talks with Holger's brother ETA: Hmm.. the plug-in from Facebook doesn't seem to work. Here's link to Tuller's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/david.tuller.1 The video with their conversation is currently first post. This is the text posted with the video: Holger Klintenberg, a 35-year-old from the southern Swedish city of Jonkoping, has severe ME. His illness began after a bout of mononucleosis (or glandular fever) when he was 19. He has recently experienced difficult interactions with the health care system. His family fears he could be forced into psychiatric care against his and their wishes. They are concerned that the medical professionals overseeing Holger’s care do not understand ME and, in particular, the role of post-exertional malaise, or PEM. Holger’s situation has attracted international attention, including a petition that currently has over 8,000 signatories. I zoomed a few days ago with Anton Karlsson, Holger’s younger brother, about the current situation. (One correction: Holger met his future wife when he was 23 and got married at 27, not 21 as Anton says in the video.)
