A working committee set up eight months ago to develop a strategy for treating the debilitating illnesses ME and fibromyalgia will soon be submitting its report to the Health Ministry, a government spokesman has said.

“This will pave the way to strengthen existing support services and develop new ones,” he said. “Once it has the final report, the ministry will also listen to the opinion of individual ME sufferers, most of whom have exp­ressed concern that they were ignored by the previous administration, before implementing the new healthcare initiatives in a gradual process.”

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