THE MUM of a toddler who needs regular blood transfusions to stay alive is urging more black people to donate to help patients like her daughter who need ethnically matched blood.

Layla Lawson’s 17-month old daughter Suki has sickle cell disorder, an inherited blood disorder that is more common in black people. It can cause organ failure, stroke or loss of vision, and can be fatal.

It is estimated that fewer than one in 10 of the 4,000 children and young people with sickle cell in England are on the transfusion programme, making Suki one of the youngest to depend on life-saving blood donations. Other children with the disorder still need blood in emergency situations.

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