Succour for Sickle Cell Anaemia patients in Kaduna

Cont. from previous page could not ask why she was crying.

“The second day when I came out I saw the same woman looking sober. I asked her why she was weeping yesterday? She answered that the doctor refused to attend to her child because she could not afford to pay the required fee, and the child was a sickler.

“When I returned to the ward, I discussed with my son, the Sickler, who was on admission in the same hospital, and he said it would be better to assist the woman and other less privileged sicklers who are experiencing crises like him. I went down to settle the bill, unfortunately the woman’s child passed away the following day

“When my son heard the sad news, he wept and together we made a commitment to assist the less privileged sicklers with the little resources Allah has blessed us with. But unfortunately, not too long my son also died,” she narrated.

In view of the sad incident about her son’s demise, Hajiya Inuwa vowed to honour her son in death by establishing the Centre, which now caters for over 3,000 sicklers in Kaduna State.

Hajiya Badiya Magaji Inuwa has since continued to up her game in seeing to the well-being of underprivilged sicklers as ahe was also in the news on recently when she presented a tricycle to a Person with Disability (PwD) who is also a sickler, Sanusi.

How did she meet Danusi? According to her, one of her workers introduced Sanusi as a PwD sickler who needed help to enable him move around freely, and the Center agreed to provide a wheelchair for him. And within a space of two weeks, Sanusi was presented with the tricycle.

While presenting the tricycle to the beneficiary, Hajiya Badiya Magaji Inuwa encouraged him to use it for the purpose it was meant for, and to never look down on himself as either a PwD or a sickler.

In his remarks, the elated Sanusi, who could not hold back his joy, said he decided to give it a trial asking for a wheelchair and today, he has gotten a modern one, which showed that there is no harm in asking.

Another Sickler from the centre, Maryam Ibrahim, said Hajiya Badiya Magaji Inuwa, whom they popularly referred to as ‘Mama Sickler’ has actually been a mother to all the sicklers in the centre.

She, however, called for all other well meaning Nigerians to team up with the centre to ensure that smile is put on the faces of more sicklers in the state. For the beneficiaries of her spirited effort to tame SCD especially in Kaduna, and good spirited Nigerians generally, Hajiya Badiya Magaji Inuwa will always be remembered as a rising star and giver of hope for the sickle cell anaemia patients especially the less privileged ones.