A HAMPSHIRE hospital has opened a clinic for patients battling the long-term effects of coronavirus. Lymington New Forest Hospital has launched a service for people suffering from Long Covid, which can leave them feeling ill for months after first contracting the virus. Patients have to be referred to the clinic, which is unable to offer walk-in appointments. The service is part of a £10m initiative by NHS England, which is funding almost 70 Long Covid facilities across the country. Robin Harlow is clinical director for primary care development at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Lymington hospital. He said: “These new clinics not only give us an opportunity to support those in need but will also help us learn more about Long Covid and find new ways to help people affected by it.”