Anambra State Government Urged To Implement Sickle Cell Law

The President and coordinator of people living with sickle cell disorder in the South East, Aisha Edward, revealed that about 173 persons living with sickle cell disorder have died in the last three years in Anambra State.

She therefore appealed to the Anambra State Government to quickly implement the law on sickle cell patients that had already been signed by the Anambra State House of Assembly.

She went ahead to say that churches, NGOs, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are complacent and responsible for the crisis facing sickle cell persons in the society.

As a way of help, Edward appealed to government at all levels to give employment to sickle cell patients, most of whom, she said, were indulged in drug addiction and other forms of social vices because of their status which they see as a hopeless one.
In her words, "You cannot cure sickle cell, you can only manage it. The hospitals are not helping matters by administering narcotics, a hard drug on the patients. This drug should be administered on a patient in crisis for a very long while."



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