In the northern German city of Rostock, a new institute launched today, Saturday, that its promoters claim will be unique in Germany for its services on how to better deal with the long-term effects of infection with Covid-19.
Jordis Fromhold, a lung disease specialist and the initiative’s owner, said in statements to the German news agency (dpa) that during the opening symposium it is crucial that there is a location where information is gathered on this subject, particularly with regard to the long-term complications of Covid.
Fromhold continued, “We are dealing with a very hazy image of the disease here, one that encompasses symptoms in the most severe cases and up to 200 different symptoms.
The private institute aims to offer guidance to businesses regarding the management of health affairs as well as to injured people and hospitals regarding how to treat.
According to estimates, there are 17 million people in Europe who have the long-term effects of the Covid-19 condition, including three million people in Germany. Fromhold cautioned that if treatment for the disease is not found, it could result in people being unable to work. The way it is being handled is “just intolerable to us as a society.”
It is interesting that Fromhold is the president of the new organisation of doctors interested in this condition and is a leading authority on long-term Covid-19 sickness in Germany. Corona virus. Fromhold characterised the creation of this institute as a challenging task.
The German Army Hospital in Hamburg will be one of the hospitals with whom the institute will work, she stated.
Considering the potential harm that the long-term effects of Covid, some of which last for months, may cause, Commander Thomas Harbaum, Director of the Army Hospital, stated that there is a need for a network of experts specialising in the long-term Covid disease, with the institute as its centre. He also noted that the economic and scientific sectors are in urgent need of this network.
Fromhold stated that it would initially fund the institute with its own resources and that the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern intended to support it, but that this action required approval from the state parliament.
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