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Chance to meet ME & Long Covid team

More than 1,300 Manx patients with the conditions

Those living with ME and Long Covid have a chance to meet those running the new service for patients with one of the two conditions.

Manx Care is holding a launch event for its recently-opened ME and Long Covid Service on Monday afternoon.

For years there have been calls for a service tailored to those with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

The condition, which affects around 350 adults on the Isle of Man, has been compared to Long Covid, with more than 1,000 Manx patients thought to be living with the continuing effects of coronavirus.

In response, Manx Care recently put in place a clinical team to work with those suffering from either condition, with GPs able to refer patients over the age of 18 to the service.

Clinics are being held at Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital, Thie Rosien in Port Erin, Noble's Hospital and the Western Wellbeing Centre in Peel.

Next week's event at Keyll Darree at Noble's is a chance to meet the team and find out more about the support on offer.

Manx Care's Director of Operations, Oliver Radford said in a statement: "We've been open to ideas from those with lived experience, which has really pushed the service forward, and combining the ME/CFS service with that for Long Covid is a distinguishing factor compared with UK counterparts."

The event gets underway at 1pm on Monday 3 April, with formal presentations by members of the team and ME Support Isle of Man scheduled for between 2.30pm and 3.30pm, followed by a question and answer session.

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