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Pocomoke City hears sickle cell awareness presentation; mayor offers Sept. proclamation
Summary
Members of the Eastern Shore of Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association described gaps in local care and requested a blood drive and an awareness proclamation; Mayor Todd Knott said he will issue a proclamation in September and councilmembers offered local help.
Shonda Ward, founder of the Eastern Shore of Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association, urged Pocomoke City officials on Monday to raise awareness of sickle cell disease and to support local screening and blood-donor efforts.
Ward told the mayor and council that many people on the Eastern Shore must travel off the Shore for specialized sickle cell care because there is no local physician “trained in sickle cell,” although she said there is a hematologist and a pediatric hematologist serving the…
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