Rotary announces plan to move against sickle cell disease | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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With an estimated 150,000 yearly births of babies with sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria, the Rotary Club of Lekki Phase 1, District 9110, has announced its plan to donate a Transcranial Doppler...

Rotarian Yetunde Dimowo being installed as the 16th President of Rotary Club of Lekki Pahse 1, District 9110…recently

TCD ultrasound is a painless test that uses sound waves to detect medical problems that affect blood flow in the brain. It can detect stroke caused by blood clots, narrowed sections of blood vessels, vasospasm due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage, tiny blood clots and more. “Apart from that, I see a lot of children who have sickle cell disease and the pains they go through when they are in crisis. Nigeria has the highest sickle cell patients in the world. It is really heartbreaking. So, if you have human feeling, you will want to lend a helping hand, hence our decision to give a lifting hand through the purchase of the Transcranial Doppler machine, which I know they need.

“It is not going to be easy but we need to get Nigerians suffering from the disease whatever they need. Even if it’s a hundred families that it will save their children from having stroke, it is something we need to do as a club and as a nation,” she added.

 

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