”Investing In A Child With Sickle Cell is a Waste of resources and time” – Professor of Genetics, Cyril Otoikhian

In commemoration of the World Sickle Cell day which was yesterday, June 20th, a professor of Genetics, Professor Cyril Otoikhian, was invited to TVC to speak on the ailment and how it can be managed since there is no cure.

When asked how parents with children that have the ailment can invest and manage them, the professor said

”Investing in a sickle celled child is like loading your money into a sachet and you are in a moving car, you throw the money away. Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder. I am a professor of genetics and we know right from time even till tomorrow that genetic disorder are not reversible” he said

The professor added that the disease is a curse.

”This morning I saw a post on Facebook that read ‘Sickle cell is not a curse. It is not a timebomb’. Forget it, Sickle cell is a curse”