On Monday 04 March 2024, Biblionu, Lotgenoten Horst and Synthese organised a meeting on post-COVID: “Invisible illness: Long COVID”. The meeting took place in the 'Gasthoes' in Horst. The meeting was completely sold out, with an attendance of more than 300 people. The need for this meeting was immediately felt at the start. Among those present were people who themselves struggled with post-COVID, their partners, family members, professionals, including general practitioners, and others who felt connected to this theme in some way.
Alfons Olde Loohuis, former general practitioner and Medical Advisor at Q-support and C-support, was a guest speaker at this meeting. Together with three experts by experience, Jenny, Sjenny and Henny (this was pure coincidence), an informative and interactive program was created. The pace and followability of the program were regularly checked in the room. Based on the information and experiences that were shared that evening, the (re)cognition in the room was clearly audible. There were regular sounds of approval to any complaints and obstacles that emerged from the experience stories.
Alfons took the attendees through the figures and the information known so far about Post-COVID. During the presentation there was room to ask questions. Afterwards there was an opportunity to ask questions and both the medical advisor and an aftercare advisor from C-support spoke to the visitors of this evening with their questions.
As a follow-up to this meeting, 'Lotgenoten Horst' will organize a number of moments on March 18 and March 26 to continue the conversation with fellow sufferers and/or as partners of people with post-COVID. Registration is required. Synthese, a welfare organization for North and Central Limburg, also offered a helping hand with their own range of assistance on a variety of themes. Curious about the support they offer? Then take a look at https://synthese.nl/wat-doen-we/.
Great to see how the further connection with regard to post-COVID is being made and how its importance is also being underlined!
