Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:27:03 +0000 By JOSSY CHAIMA GOVERNMENT will continue to deploy specialist doctors at all medical centres to ensure that people living with sickle cells are given the necessary care, says Kitwe district commissioner Binwell Mpundu. Mr Mpundu said there was also need to fight stigma surrounding the disease. He said stigmatization must end as people with sickle cells were considered not to be normal human beings. Mr Mpundu was speaking at the World Sickle Cell Awareness Day yesterday at Kitwe’s Freedom Park, which was held under the theme ‘‘Exhibit courage and address support to sickle cell disease’’ At the same function Kitwe Central Hospital Sickle Cell Disease Club president Jerome Sulubani said the district has recorded 650 sickle cell cases this year alone. Dr Sulubani said the club had seen a growth in the number of registered patients since inception in 2011 with about 175 patients. He said the number of […]
Govt promises improved health care for sickle cell patients
