Long COVID clinics ‘inundated’ with patients, and doctors can’t cope | liammannix
Australia’s long COVID clinics are so under-resourced patients are waiting almost a year for treatment, as the Victorian government warns it will struggle to care for the growing number of patients without extra federal funding.
“There are very limited resources and large demand,” said Associate Professor Lou Irving, head of the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s long COVID clinic. “[The resources available] is less support than they need.” “There is no interest, no motivation, no focus from the government, no direction and no funding,” she said.Credit:“I got to the point where I stopped seeing doctors. The gaslighting is incredible. It’s making me sicker, to get this pushback and to not be believed.”
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