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Recent newspaper interview with GP and severe ME patient Mark Vink

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Hi all,

The stigma and treatment of CFS/ME patients in the Netherlands is just as bad as in the UK.

Therefore it came as a huge surprise for us to see a good article published in a big national newspaper in the Netherlands. I have faith that this helps to change the stigma around the disease.

Below is an English translation of the (Dutch) article.

I hope this will help people in other countries as well, as the article has quite some weight to it: published in a big national newspaper, the patient himself used to be a doctor, and the content is good.

http://anilvanderzee.com/for-patien...he-bathroom-is-similar-to-running-a-marathon/