In the presence of Tania Silva of the Lyme Lux association, Professor Christian Perronne, Dr. Marc Pauly, Dr. Perdigo, Minister of Health of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mrs. Lydia Mutch, …
We were there to give all our support to Tania, who was heard in the Chamber of Deputies after collecting in a petition nearly 8,000 signatures !
We wish to congratulate her for the result obtained :
In front of her, Lydia Mutsch, Minister of Health, brought some elements of answer, but nothing which takes effect immediately.
“It’s a major health problem”
“We recognize that Lyme disease is a major health problem for our country, but we must make a commitment at European level: to harmonize the definition of this chronic disease for all the countries of the Union”, she said. start.
The Minister of Health also stressed the fact that a draft law would be exposed soon in Luxembourg. “This draft will force doctors and laboratories to declare this type of disease, and we will also be releasing our tick prevention brochures to raise awareness,” she said.
As for Tania Silva’s idea of having signs in the forests, the Minister of Health approved this idea : “We are going to install this type of sign in our forests.” An idea for a research project is also in progress: we want to develop new tests to make diagnostics more efficient in the future. “