Burgenland plans the first treatment center for ME/CFS within one year!

Burgenland plans the first treatment center for ME/CFS within one year!

A ray of hope for around 80,000 people in Austria who suffer from the stressful disease Me/CFS: In a groundbreaking meeting of the WE & ME Foundation, which took place yesterday, a clear progress in combating this serious illness was announced. The governor of Burgenland, Hans-Peter Doskozil, announced that a special care center in Burgenland should be opened within one year. This represents an important milestone, because the need for immediate improvement in health care is undisputed. The WE & ME Foundation is pushing for a rapid implementation of the national action plan to support ME/CFS patients, as required in their conference with 51 experts and institutions, where there was also talk about current research projects that are supported by the foundation and the WWTF.

urgent need for action

The chairs of the WE & ME Foundation, Gerhard and Gabriele Ströck, emphasized: "Important first course is finally enforced, now it is about speed when implementing it!" These words are the expression of a united ride of those affected, who have been faced with inadequate medical care for years. The foundation, which was launched by the Ströck family in 2020, pursues the goal of establishing gentle and specific care as well as rehabilitation measures for ME/CFS patients. Christoph and Philipp Ströck, affected, are the driving forces behind this initiative, which was created from his own frustration about the defective diagnosis and treatment of ME/CFS patients.

In addition, the WE & ME Foundation emphasizes the importance of a rapid implementation of the action plan by the federal government, the federal states and social insurance to ensure the necessary treatment and support that many affected people urgently need. The situation of the ME/CFS patients and their families, for example, due to the lack of medical expertise and social security, remains a major challenge. Therefore, not only the establishment of new treatment centers, but also the creation of a comprehensive network to support ME/CFS is of extremely important, as well as the further information on weandmecfs.org