Lagos govt warns residents on sickle cell

The Medical Director of Alimosho General Hospital, Dr Ayodapo Soyinka, has called on youths to reduce the prevalence of sickle cell anaemia through knowledge of their genotypes and early screening.

“Also, screening of newborns in mothers with ‘S’ genotype will help early identification of babies born with sickle cell disease. Thus, early treatment of these babies can commence immediately to prevent complications.”

The hospitals’ Head of the Department of Haematology, Dr Adebukola Orolu, urged stakeholders to join hands with the government to care for sickle cell patients. “We celebrated this year’s World Sickle Cell Day with an awareness walk with sickle cell warriors and caregivers, haematologists, nurses, and nutritionists; we distributed free drugs and also carried out free genotype tests,” she stated.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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