#endangeredtogether

This months #millionsmissingflowers is a pattern inspired by Campanula patula and Moneses uniflora which are both endangered in the UK.

This pattern was created in honour of two severe ME patients Millie and Carla who are both currently in hospital struggling to get the treatment they need.

This lack of appropriate treatment is due to the stigmatisation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis over decades. Medical professionals receive very little education on ME and often what they receive can be incorrect. The NICE guidelines on ME were updated recently which outlines how to care for severe ME patients in hospital but Drs don’t have to follow them and are choosing not to.

Unfortunately there is a precedent of Severe ME patients not receiving appropriate medical care and often being harmed instead which has lead to the deaths of Sophia Mirza, Merryn Crofts and Maeve Boothby.