Sweden’s only reception for children affected by post-covid is threatened with closure.
The reception at the university hospital in Linköping has existed for three years and is the only one in the country that works with the rehabilitation of post-covid-ill children. It also conducts research, reports Sweden’s Radio Ekot.
The reason for the threat of closure is the large deficit of one billion that Region Östergötland has, something that now risks affecting the reception’s future.
Most children who contract post-covid are in their teens and they often suffer from headaches, sensitivity to sound and persistent fatigue.
– We have those who have had almost no schooling for several years, and then their lives are put on hold, says Per Ertzgaard, chief physician at the reception to Ekot.
The reception, which works with rehabilitation and research, has received patients from Östergötland, Kalmar and Jönköping counties, and if it is not closed, the plans are to open up to the whole country.