Meanwhile, Ellie was in the waiting room for more than half a year. In addition to being wheelchair dependent, the Nieuwegein woman also has Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which causes too little blood to flow to her head when she is upright and her neck is unstable. And her old wheelchair, which cannot be reclined. “Because of this wheelchair I am in pain and tired every day. And I can’t live my life the way I want to, with the freedom to do everything.”
Ellie (36) from Nieuwegein has been waiting six months for approval for a new wheelchair and is not the only one
