Two years ago, 55-year-old Peter Bengtsson in Malmö was diagnosed with ALS, an incurable nerve disease that slowly breaks down the body’s functions and leads to paralysis. Average life expectancy is between two and four years after diagnosis.
Last autumn, Peter therefore applied for personal assistance from both the municipality and the insurance fund. The application process took eight months and the news was rejection, his needs were considered too small. But in the process he simultaneously got worse, lost the ability to get out of bed and became wheelchair-bound.
“Sad”
– It is sad that they question the doctor’s certificate. it is a question of whether there is knowledge about the disease, says Peter Bengtsson.
Unfortunately, Peter’s case is not unique. Senior physician Caroline Ingre at the ALS clinic at Karolinska in Stockholm experiences that every second of her patients suffers from long waiting times and that the patient’s needs have time to change during the processing time.
See the doctor’s words and how Försäkringskassan comments on this in the player above