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Saturday, July 15, 2023 –A journalist attached to the Nation Media Group, Elizabeth Merab, has passed on over Sickle Cell Anemia.
The media practitioner succumbed to the 20 year illness on Saturday July 15 morning; according to other news outlets.
“Sadly, Elizabeth has left us. She has been struggling with Sickle-Cell Anemia. She was a warrior and she will be remembered forever,” the source stated.
The late Merab underwent a special treatment in January where a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) was installed on her right arm to reduce the impact of the disease that had took a toll on her.
She would open up about her long struggle with the diseases that pushed her to a lifetime stigma after she was diagnosed at the age of only 10.
“I was diagnosed at the age of 10. It was after so many painful tests that my doctor told my parents about my condition,” Merab stated.
She would recount how she was in and out of many hospitals; a process that saw her spent a lot of money searching for a lasting solution.
While at NMG, the late Merab was assigned to cover health and science stories where she was for about seven months.
The award-winning journalist also covered reproductive health, environmental, sexual, maternal and child health topics.
Normally, red blood cells are disc-shaped and flexible enough to move easily through the blood vessels. If you have sickle cell disease, your red blood cells are crescent- or “sickle”-shaped. These cells do not bend or move easily and can block blood flow to the rest of your body.
