Decades of battling sickle cell disease; The story of Doris....

As someone who has lived with sickle cell for the past three decades, she still lives each day in fear not knowing what to expect.

This is the story of Doris Benjamin, the second child of four children who are all sickle cell patients.

Doris disclosed for a very long time, neither her parents nor siblings knew they had a sickle cell disease though they continuously fell sick.

“The pastors at the church rushed her to the hospital and upon series of tests, it was revealed she had sickle cell disease

Through the benevolence of their pastor and their hard-working mother, they managed to live through life.

Doris is now an advocate with the International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC) led by Dr Mary Ansong.

Since ISCC’s inception in March 2021, they have screened about 528 people from over 12 communities for their sickle cell genotype, provided counselling and medical support to several individuals.