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The latest CHEO Champion has been crowned.
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17-year old Fatima Diallo will represent the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) patients in the community as well as at Children’s Hospital Week in Florida in April.
“I think it’s really important to share our stories. I like educating people about matters such as sickle cell disease and CHEO,” Diallo told CTV News Ottawa.
At a young age, Diallo was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. Since she was nine, she has been receiving care at CHEO and a few years ago, received a bone marrow transplant from her sister.
Despite some complications and struggles, she is now pain free.
“It’s really important to have someone out there to speak out for all the kids, because I know not every kid has a voice and …
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