£6m needed to tackle ME crisis

Patients demand action as long Covid fears increase

-  VIVIENNE AITKEN

THOUSANDS of ME patients are demanding action to ring-fence £ 6 million a year to treat them.

A charity supporting people with the condition is planning a protest outside the Scottish Parliament amid claims they are "stigmatised and neglected by medical and social services who turn a deaf ear to their plight".

MEAction Scotland is calling for the sum to be spent every year on specialist medical care and treatment.