The specialist emergency sickle cell unit at the Royal London Hospital is set to reopen after The Mirror backed a campaign to stop its closure. The unit, which was originally introduced as a six-month pilot, provided rapid access to specialist care for people living with sickle cell disease -the fastest-growing genetic condition in the UK. Primarily affecting people with African or Caribbean family backgrounds in the UK, where around 18,000 people are impacted, red blood cells take on a sickle