NYC Health + Hospitals is one of the largest providers of sickle cell care in the country
Services include daily medication to reduce the risk of severe symptoms, pain management, care navigation, and reproductive counseling
New York, NY – While working as an office assistant in Brooklyn, Grace Carter felt her body grow weak and lose all sensation. Fearing she would collapse, she lay on the floor and became unconscious.
Grace was rushed to the Emergency Room at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County where doctors diagnosed her with sickle cell disease and determined she had suffered a sickle cell crisis…