News from Southeastern Europe

[Wyva]

I have posted a Hungarian article about ME/CFS in the Visegrád thread (the article is translated to English in my post). There is an ethnic Hungarian doctor from Targu Mures/Marosvásárhely (Romania) talking about the disease in it, so I'm sharing the link to that thread here too, maybe someone in the area finds it useful or can comment.

https://www.s4me.info/threads/news-...lovakia-and-hungary.15709/page-10#post-557013

 

[rvallee]

I have no idea what can be done, not many Greek users here, but a Greek very severe pwME has just been put into forced psychiatric hold by her parents. Katiana's parents don't believe in ME/CFS and she has not found any MD who can help her, so today they signed her off to a psychiatric facility against her will. This has been brewing for a while and her home conditions were already terrible.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1842592031111303501

A new thread has been made for this topic and some posts moved to it:
Greece: Very severe ME/CFS patient Katiana

 

[Chandelier]

Long Covid after the pandemic: thousands left without care, recognition or rights in Greece

The president of Long Covid Greece tells Voria.gr about the lived reality of people with post-Covid condition — from the absence of medical training to the lack of basic social and labour protections

www.voria.gr

Long Covid after the pandemic: thousands left without care, recognition or rights in Greece​

An educational campaign, "Long Covid Mythbusters", by the World Health Organisation's (WHO) regional office for Europe, aims to combat misconceptions about the syndrome. Endorsed by "Long Covid Greece", an association of long Covid patients, the campaign has distributed information materials to medical associations, the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Organisation (EODY), and urges the development of a national strategy that would include a patient registry, multidisciplinary care and formal recognition of the condition. The campaign was launched at the end of January and is set to continue until the end of March.

Here’s more information about the WHO campaign:

Myth-busters- debunking long COVID myths and misconceptions

Misconceptions about post COVID-19 condition, more commonly known as long COVID, continue to hinder diagnosis, prevention, care and rehabilitation. To debunk these myths and misconceptions, WHO/Europe, with support from the European Union, has developed 8 long COVID myth-busters that use...

www.who.int