Sickle cell patient died after complications

A woman who was the first patient in Norfolk to receive a new treatment for sickle cell disease died after medical complications, an inquest heard.

Veronique Mwembo, 32, died at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on 23 January.

Norfolk Coroner's Court heard Mwembo had been diagnosed as a child with sickle cell disease, an inherited condition, and had received regular treatment from the age of three.