In this episode, I address what I believe to be an inadequate healthcare system - the NHS. Drawing on information from the inquest of Evan Nathan Smith, a 21-year-old man who died in 2019 due to complications related to sickle cell, I talk about how lack of research and awareness into the disease that predominantly affects the African and Caribbean community, led to what I believe to his, and many other people's, preventable deaths. 
Piggy-backing off of this Black Ballad article: https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/sickle-cell-trait-dating-having-children?listIds=595c23e15a0862ed58fed19b&referrerType=article&referrerSource=related , I talk about how not only medical institutions, but society also have a duty to challenge our preconceptions of illness. With the recent deaths of celebrities like DMX and Nikki Grahame being characterised by addiction and disorder, I talk about the need for a more ethical approach to treating those with illnesses, physical and mental.
Furthermore, I also talk about the lack of accountability from institutions and State actors in treating Black people as human - referencing in particular Mikai McDermott's newsletter: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/b6NYYda2t?languageTag=en&cid=c8146540-0dda-4b83-9bed-1915fd795656#/main , and how this needs to be modified in order for Black people to receive their due care in all aspects.

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