While a mother fears for her sick child’s health, and a teenager missed the trip of a lifetime, the Social Democrats threaten to pull the emergency brake on the postal law after postal chaos. The transport minister rejects intervention.

Chaos in the postal system affects sick children and crushes holiday dreams

Marie Sveistrup's daughter has a rare disease that requires her to have her blood tested every week at Rigshospitalet. But since DAO took over mail delivery, they no longer dare to send the samples by post. Instead, their upstairs neighbor acts as a private courier. Foto: Vikki Søholm
Marie Sveistrup's daughter has a rare disease that requires her to have her blood tested every week at Rigshospitalet. But since DAO took over mail delivery, they no longer dare to send the samples by post. Instead, their upstairs neighbor acts as a private courier. Foto: Vikki Søholm
Listen to the article

Several thousand shipments have been stuck in transit and delayed since PostNord withdrew from the Danish mail market on January 1, and DAO took over the task.

But for Marie Sveistrup and her family, the postal chaos is not just an annoyance – it could affect their 1-year-old daughter’s health. The daughter has a rare disease (PKU) that requires a strict diet, with her food weighed down to half grams.

Want to keep reading?

Politiken Edition is a curated collection of articles written by our journalists and translated into English. Stay informed on the news – through a Danish lens.

Subscribe now
Already a subscriber? Sign in
Briller

Most read

    1

  1. Mother of murdered woman criticizes new Netflix documentary

    2. 2

  2. Woman behind the much-hyped bakery on her favorite place: »It’ll always be my go-to spot«

    3. 3

  3. Spend the night in tiny trailers in the middle of nature just a few hours from Denmark

    4. 4

  4. Union leaders warn Mette Frederiksen

    5. 5

  5. If you like shelters, this may be the news you’ve been waiting for

    6. 6

  6. »Crispy, salty, and deeply satisfying fast food, like French fries for the creative class«

© All material on this page is subject to the applicable copyright law.Read policy