Health revolution in Austria: Help for ME/CFS affected!

Health revolution in Austria: Help for ME/CFS affected!

The Lower Austrian state parliament has now held a trend -setting session that focused on several crucial requests. The central topic was the development of supply structures for those affected by multi -system diseases . MP Georg Ecker (Greens) reported on the progress of the application, which is aiming for interdisciplinary cooperation and basic care in cooperation with general practitioners. His colleague Edith Kollermann (NEOS) emphasized the need for support offers for people who have difficulties in everyday life due to illnesses such as me/cfs . The unity of all parties about this important social application showed that the topic was taken seriously, and it was clearly recognized that adequate care in Austria is urgently required. ots reported that this application was unanimously accepted, which confirms political support for those affected.

The situation of the estimated 80,000 ME/CFS patients in Austria was explained in detail by MP Silke Dammerer (VP). The disease mainly affects women and often leads to the social isolation of those affected. The provision of specific therapy centers, interdisciplinary approaches and better training for doctors is crucial to enable these patients to provide prompt and quality care. This is how the document reports that many affected people may suffer due to a lack of research and specified treatment options that are often not recognized.