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Doctors critical of gov't plan to cut funding for Long Covid research, put care on GP's

Doctors critical of gov't plan to cut funding for Long Covid research, put care on GP's
Health Minister Sophie Herman faces backlash from doctors over plans to slash funding for Long Covid research and transfer care to GPs. The proposed budget cut for eight expertise centers would drop from €27 million to €1 million, raising concerns about the readiness of GPs to handle these complex cases.

Summary

Doctors, medical specialists, and scientists criticize Health Minister Sophie Herman's plan to cut funding for Long Covid research and shift care responsibilities to general practitioners. The government intends to reduce the budget for eight expertise centers from €27 million to €1 million, despite ongoing research into post-acute infectious syndromes being in its early stages.

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