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Covid lockdown worsens condition of sickle cell patients

We need your support to produce excellent journalism at all times. During the COVID-19 lockdown that lasted for over five months in Nigeria, a lot of Nigerians particularly the vulnerable were unable to access health centres. The ICIR’s NIYI OYEDEJI reports on how people living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) battled for survival during the lockdown. ON April 16, 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria, pregnant Hauwah Abdulkareem, 34, a resident of Ilorin, who lives with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) approached the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) while she was suffering from the vaso-occlusive crisis. The mother of two said she was astonished when she got to the UITH and was told to go back home, although she held  a referral form from a professional hematologist, she was told that her condition was not an emergency case

Essex Covid: We need jabs for unwell vulnerable kids now | Clacton and Frinton Gazette

THE mum of a teenager fighting sepsis and living with a connective tissue disorder says vulnerable youngsters need the Covid-19 jab as soon as possible. Mum Debbie Hambleton, 46, from Laindon, is calling for sick children to be treated with the same priority as the older generations. Her daughter Bethany, aged 16, is fighting sepsis and suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. It comes as NHS figures show hundreds of families of vulnerable children in Southend and Basildon face uncertainty over the Covid-19 vaccine. Mrs Hambleton added: “I am very concerned about this and it needs to be done soon so we can stop shielding.

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