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In Their Own Words: Woman living with sickle cell disease faces discrimination

Citytv examines how systemic racism affects the daily lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in Canada. Serena Thompson, who has sickle cell disease, speaks with Faiza Amin about the discrimination she faces while trying to get medical treatment. Watch VeraCity: In Their Own Words on Monday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. EST, only on Citytv.

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