The patients’ association is preparing a criminal complaint against its former manager. Documents should show that he diverted and withdrawn more than 1.8 million euros to a shadow account.
According to the German Parkinson Association, it has around 14,000 members, including those affected by the disease, their relatives and supporting members. With their contributions, they support real-life research that is intended to benefit patients who are already suffering from the disease, they seek advice and help on how to live after the diagnosis, personal exchange via 300 regional groups spread across the country, the latest information on the status of the Medicine – and sometimes just the feeling that you are not alone with this insidious disease. Parkinson’s disease causes the nervous system to degenerate, which has so far been unstoppable.