Ashata Onikoyi-Laguda, Nigeria oldest sickle cell patient, dies at 95

Ashata Onikoyi- Laguda, Nigeria oldest sickle cell patient dies at 95

Ashata Onikoyi- Laguda, the oldest sickle cell patient in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, passed on in the wee hours of Saturday, at age 95. Sickle cell disorder (SCD) is an inherited abnormal haemoglobin (blood) disease that causes severe pains, organ damage and early death. Onikoyi- Laguda , w

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