“Playing Russian roulette with my life”: What really happens to sickle cell patients in hospital

Lowlah was kicked out of a London hospital in the middle of the night after asking for pain relief. Her story reveals a pattern of "racism and stigmatisation".

It was the middle of the night, two days before Christmas, 2022. Outside, the temperature was below freezing. After enduring hours of agony, Lowlah Dawodu had finally been given a bed in a central London hospital. But when she questioned staff about the timings of her next round of painkillers, they called security.

“It was inhumane. The way they treated…