As the number of Australians living with long COVID continues to grow, there are calls for greater financial and medical support for people suffering from chronic and hidden illnesses.
"He's not earning millions of dollars himself. It doesn't go that far with the cost of food, fuel, electricity, everything," she said.
"It's incredibly frustrating to feel that there is no empathy or compassion in a system that we all think we can rely on," she said. She said both ME/CFS and long COVID patient communities faced similar problems in navigating and accessing the health care system as well as social support and care. The Australian Medical Association is calling for GPs to be given greater support to help patients with chronic and hidden illnesses to get the multi-disciplinary support they need.
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