I want to be a doctor I said but okay I said musician superstar okay a few times
said musician superstar okay a few times
said musician superstar okay a few times engineer pilot until I discovered I was
engineer pilot until I discovered I was
engineer pilot until I discovered I was afraid of heights and if you had parents
afraid of heights and if you had parents
afraid of heights and if you had parents like mine you had to say lawyer
like mine you had to say lawyer
like mine you had to say lawyer architecture all the cool stuff to show
architecture all the cool stuff to show
architecture all the cool stuff to show that they’re paying school fees for a
that they’re paying school fees for a
that they’re paying school fees for a reason it’s only fair to encourage them
reason it’s only fair to encourage them
reason it’s only fair to encourage them right so I’m a people person
right so I’m a people person
right so I’m a people person Irie an urge eyes with crowds so
Irie an urge eyes with crowds so
Irie an urge eyes with crowds so medicine was not a very difficult choice
medicine was not a very difficult choice
medicine was not a very difficult choice to make but nobody prepared me for
to make but nobody prepared me for
to make but nobody prepared me for emotions you see I grew up in a setup
emotions you see I grew up in a setup
emotions you see I grew up in a setup where we chills for who we don’t do
where we chills for who we don’t do
where we chills for who we don’t do tooth you say something you ask a
tooth you say something you ask a
tooth you say something you ask a question you get a response that’s how I
question you get a response that’s how I
question you get a response that’s how I grew up
grew up
grew up very few moments of oh I’m so sorry I
very few moments of oh I’m so sorry I
very few moments of oh I’m so sorry I got very few of those but then I went to
got very few of those but then I went to
got very few of those but then I went to medical school and you meet people you
medical school and you meet people you
medical school and you meet people you know encompass and the first thing they
know encompass and the first thing they
know encompass and the first thing they ask you so what are you taking
ask you so what are you taking
ask you so what are you taking encompasses and I say medicinally you
encompasses and I say medicinally you
encompasses and I say medicinally you like being in the military right that
like being in the military right that
like being in the military right that over me for starters I I am you’re a
over me for starters I I am you’re a
over me for starters I I am you’re a typical doctor I do not enjoy much re
typical doctor I do not enjoy much re
typical doctor I do not enjoy much re presence I do not enjoy blood or rather
presence I do not enjoy blood or rather
presence I do not enjoy blood or rather I did not at the time and so when they’d
I did not at the time and so when they’d
I did not at the time and so when they’d say we are having a ward round and I
say we are having a ward round and I
say we are having a ward round and I wound that his using was uncovered
wound that his using was uncovered
wound that his using was uncovered I was always caught halfway fainting
I was always caught halfway fainting
I was always caught halfway fainting that was my that was my life medical
that was my that was my life medical
that was my that was my life medical school for most of it in fact the first
school for most of it in fact the first
school for most of it in fact the first time I saw a mother deliver I actually
time I saw a mother deliver I actually
time I saw a mother deliver I actually fainted I did not watch the full episode
fainted I did not watch the full episode
fainted I did not watch the full episode of that needless to say no one thought
of that needless to say no one thought
of that needless to say no one thought I’d make much of a doctor right I mean
I’d make much of a doctor right I mean
I’d make much of a doctor right I mean can you imagine you’ve come to deliver
can you imagine you’ve come to deliver
can you imagine you’ve come to deliver and I faint as I help you just think
and I faint as I help you just think
and I faint as I help you just think about it for a moment that your doctor
about it for a moment that your doctor
about it for a moment that your doctor is is gone for a while they will wake up
is is gone for a while they will wake up
is is gone for a while they will wake up when you’re done so
when you’re done so
when you’re done so that was me I was never there
that was me I was never there
that was me I was never there typical you know strong happy to walk
typical you know strong happy to walk
typical you know strong happy to walk around in what’s quote-unquote messy
around in what’s quote-unquote messy
around in what’s quote-unquote messy scenario I was a weird doctor I was sure
scenario I was a weird doctor I was sure
scenario I was a weird doctor I was sure I was going to make a weird doctor I
I was going to make a weird doctor I
I was going to make a weird doctor I mean I turned out to be a very I’m a
mean I turned out to be a very I’m a
mean I turned out to be a very I’m a crier like I can cry so just picture
crier like I can cry so just picture
crier like I can cry so just picture again you’re very sick and I tell you
that was going to be me in every way I
that was going to be me in every way I was going to be a messed up doctor
was going to be a messed up doctor
was going to be a messed up doctor because I am emotional but then again
because I am emotional but then again
because I am emotional but then again nobody you know medical school is books
nobody you know medical school is books
nobody you know medical school is books books and that I knew right I knew you
books and that I knew right I knew you
books and that I knew right I knew you lose your social life I was prepared I
lose your social life I was prepared I
lose your social life I was prepared I was prepared to put in the time the
was prepared to put in the time the
was prepared to put in the time the hours I wasn’t ready for emotion so fast
hours I wasn’t ready for emotion so fast
hours I wasn’t ready for emotion so fast forward to work and I begin working and
forward to work and I begin working and
forward to work and I begin working and I’m supposed to use emotion so I’ll
I’m supposed to use emotion so I’ll
I’m supposed to use emotion so I’ll paint a picture for you so on one side
paint a picture for you so on one side
paint a picture for you so on one side your patient is recovering that doing
your patient is recovering that doing
your patient is recovering that doing very well
very well
very well so you’re very happy right and you’re
so you’re very happy right and you’re
so you’re very happy right and you’re telling the relatives we are doing well
telling the relatives we are doing well
telling the relatives we are doing well this is the progress then on the other
this is the progress then on the other
this is the progress then on the other hand you lose a patient for me that was
hand you lose a patient for me that was
hand you lose a patient for me that was just extreme I had to invest emotions my
just extreme I had to invest emotions my
just extreme I had to invest emotions my title is emotions for who I was not
title is emotions for who I was not
title is emotions for who I was not ready nobody taught me prepared me
ready nobody taught me prepared me
ready nobody taught me prepared me nothing could have told you I mean
nothing could have told you I mean
nothing could have told you I mean results came out the other day kcp right
results came out the other day kcp right
results came out the other day kcp right so what are they saying when I grow up I
so what are they saying when I grow up I
so what are they saying when I grow up I want be a doctor in my time there was a
want be a doctor in my time there was a
want be a doctor in my time there was a book called think big you read it and
book called think big you read it and
book called think big you read it and gifted hands right so we used to add and
gifted hands right so we used to add and
gifted hands right so we used to add and say I want to be a neurosurgeon until I
say I want to be a neurosurgeon until I
say I want to be a neurosurgeon until I saw their brain and realize we are not
saw their brain and realize we are not
saw their brain and realize we are not at the same level with Van Catherine but
at the same level with Van Catherine but
at the same level with Van Catherine but my journey has been one of learning
my journey has been one of learning
my journey has been one of learning relearning learning how to tell one
relearning learning how to tell one
relearning learning how to tell one mother that you’ve just lost your baby
mother that you’ve just lost your baby
mother that you’ve just lost your baby and learning to tell a couple that has
and learning to tell a couple that has
and learning to tell a couple that has been trying for years that you expecting
been trying for years that you expecting
been trying for years that you expecting a baby a whole difference of emotions it
a baby a whole difference of emotions it
a baby a whole difference of emotions it has been extreme I have refused to get
has been extreme I have refused to get
has been extreme I have refused to get used to it I have refused to say it’s
used to it I have refused to say it’s
used to it I have refused to say it’s just work I have refused to say all in a
just work I have refused to say all in a
just work I have refused to say all in a day’s work two years ago a mother walks
day’s work two years ago a mother walks
day’s work two years ago a mother walks in I remember her name her age where she
in I remember her name her age where she
in I remember her name her age where she lived I actually even remember her
lived I actually even remember her
lived I actually even remember her husband’s name she came in to deliver
husband’s name she came in to deliver
husband’s name she came in to deliver did not progress in a decision for a
did not progress in a decision for a
did not progress in a decision for a caesarean section was made when to
caesarean section was made when to
caesarean section was made when to theater she recovered got the baby we
theater she recovered got the baby we
theater she recovered got the baby we got the baby
got the baby
got the baby pretty easy she was taken to the ward
pretty easy she was taken to the ward
pretty easy she was taken to the ward and while there she complicated and the
and while there she complicated and the
and while there she complicated and the nurses called out okay being called by
nurses called out okay being called by
nurses called out okay being called by someone because someone is in it we are
someone because someone is in it we are
someone because someone is in it we are used to it right all the mothers in this
used to it right all the mothers in this
used to it right all the mothers in this room can explain how they have thrown
room can explain how they have thrown
room can explain how they have thrown their children at us when their child is
their children at us when their child is
their children at us when their child is conversing you never throw good babies
conversing you never throw good babies
conversing you never throw good babies at us I don’t know what’s wrong with you
at us I don’t know what’s wrong with you
at us I don’t know what’s wrong with you but sequence you just through and then
but sequence you just through and then
but sequence you just through and then you take off and then you come back and
you take off and then you come back and
you take off and then you come back and bills so that I was used to and when we
bills so that I was used to and when we
bills so that I was used to and when we went to review the mother said where is
went to review the mother said where is
went to review the mother said where is my child and I actually told her your
my child and I actually told her your
my child and I actually told her your child is right here but we are attending
child is right here but we are attending
child is right here but we are attending to you first and she said call her
to you first and she said call her
to you first and she said call her father and you know in that moment I’m
father and you know in that moment I’m
father and you know in that moment I’m thinking your life fast right so we
thinking your life fast right so we
thinking your life fast right so we continue it but in the process she said
continue it but in the process she said
continue it but in the process she said doctor II called my husband and I I knew
doctor II called my husband and I I knew
doctor II called my husband and I I knew something was going to go wrong we lost
something was going to go wrong we lost
something was going to go wrong we lost her
her
her I’ve never forgotten the thought of how
I’ve never forgotten the thought of how
I’ve never forgotten the thought of how do I explain to a husband that your wife
do I explain to a husband that your wife
do I explain to a husband that your wife has just died and you’ll be a single
has just died and you’ll be a single
has just died and you’ll be a single father of two children now and the only
father of two children now and the only
father of two children now and the only thing your wife had was pregnancy how do
thing your wife had was pregnancy how do
thing your wife had was pregnancy how do you do that how do you do it and still
you do that how do you do it and still
you do that how do you do it and still you know proceeded and helped the next
you know proceeded and helped the next
you know proceeded and helped the next one
one
one deliver it wasn’t easy a few years ago
deliver it wasn’t easy a few years ago
deliver it wasn’t easy a few years ago my brother went out with his friends and
my brother went out with his friends and
my brother went out with his friends and he was attacked by thugs and in the
he was attacked by thugs and in the
he was attacked by thugs and in the process I stained some head injury and
process I stained some head injury and
process I stained some head injury and he needed a new brain surgery so it was
he needed a new brain surgery so it was
he needed a new brain surgery so it was done but you’re a good doctor
done but you’re a good doctor
done but you’re a good doctor until you become a relative to to a
until you become a relative to to a
until you become a relative to to a patient and in that moment I just wanted
patient and in that moment I just wanted
patient and in that moment I just wanted everyone to do their job he eats a lot
everyone to do their job he eats a lot
everyone to do their job he eats a lot of food so I wanted the person bringing
of food so I wanted the person bringing
of food so I wanted the person bringing food to bring his food right okay two
food to bring his food right okay two
food to bring his food right okay two plates
plates
plates I needed a person who claims to actually
I needed a person who claims to actually
I needed a person who claims to actually clean it was not until that moment that
clean it was not until that moment that
clean it was not until that moment that I realized they use for each and every
I realized they use for each and every
I realized they use for each and every person in a hospital that I just want
person in a hospital that I just want
person in a hospital that I just want everyone to do their job I would like
everyone to do their job I would like
everyone to do their job I would like the doctor’s to actually come into the
the doctor’s to actually come into the
the doctor’s to actually come into the ward round I’d like the electricity to
ward round I’d like the electricity to
ward round I’d like the electricity to be to be there right at least the
be to be there right at least the
be to be there right at least the bathrooms to be clean as well
bathrooms to be clean as well
bathrooms to be clean as well those were just basics and so it got me
those were just basics and so it got me
those were just basics and so it got me thinking so what kind of a doctor was I
thinking so what kind of a doctor was I
thinking so what kind of a doctor was I making and if I was to be anything close
making and if I was to be anything close
making and if I was to be anything close to what I wanted for my brother
to what I wanted for my brother
to what I wanted for my brother I had to be an emotional person I had to
I had to be an emotional person I had to
I had to be an emotional person I had to have conversations with relatives where
have conversations with relatives where
have conversations with relatives where I actually tell you the truth but then
I actually tell you the truth but then
I actually tell you the truth but then I’m also kind to you
I’m also kind to you
I’m also kind to you so I started having conversations with
so I started having conversations with
so I started having conversations with people and having conversations with my
people and having conversations with my
people and having conversations with my patients and their relatives and I
patients and their relatives and I
patients and their relatives and I realized all we want is to be told and
realized all we want is to be told and
realized all we want is to be told and to be hard that’s it as a relative to a
to be hard that’s it as a relative to a
to be hard that’s it as a relative to a sick patient you just want to be told
sick patient you just want to be told
sick patient you just want to be told what’s going on and you want someone to
what’s going on and you want someone to
what’s going on and you want someone to listen to what you have to say all right
listen to what you have to say all right
listen to what you have to say all right you crucify us all the time and you say
you crucify us all the time and you say
you crucify us all the time and you say I went to the doctor and the doctor was
I went to the doctor and the doctor was
I went to the doctor and the doctor was just writing okay half the time we know
just writing okay half the time we know
just writing okay half the time we know what’s wrong
what’s wrong
what’s wrong give us some credits because you get
give us some credits because you get
give us some credits because you get better and you don’t come back in fact
better and you don’t come back in fact
better and you don’t come back in fact you’re well enough to write on Facebook
you’re well enough to write on Facebook
you’re well enough to write on Facebook okay so you’re fine and it’s okay but I
okay so you’re fine and it’s okay but I
okay so you’re fine and it’s okay but I also learned the value of just looking
also learned the value of just looking
also learned the value of just looking at you
at you
at you and touching you have you gone to a
and touching you have you gone to a
and touching you have you gone to a doctor and told them your back cut and
doctor and told them your back cut and
doctor and told them your back cut and they don’t look at your back right it’s
they don’t look at your back right it’s
they don’t look at your back right it’s good to be looked at it’s good to be
good to be looked at it’s good to be
good to be looked at it’s good to be touched it’s good to be hard and so I
touched it’s good to be hard and so I
touched it’s good to be hard and so I began having such conversations with
began having such conversations with
began having such conversations with people I understood that I may not
people I understood that I may not
people I understood that I may not change everyone but I can have
change everyone but I can have
change everyone but I can have conversations with you I also realized
conversations with you I also realized
conversations with you I also realized that very young female doctors are not
that very young female doctors are not
that very young female doctors are not very accepted a while back a doctor was
very accepted a while back a doctor was
very accepted a while back a doctor was crucified for wearing heels yes at work
crucified for wearing heels yes at work
crucified for wearing heels yes at work how how how can you wear heels at work
how how how can you wear heels at work
how how how can you wear heels at work how how as you can see I’m not falling
how how as you can see I’m not falling
how how as you can see I’m not falling off I’m just fine right but we got a lot
off I’m just fine right but we got a lot
off I’m just fine right but we got a lot of that I have had patients who walk
of that I have had patients who walk
of that I have had patients who walk right past me in such a doctor because
right past me in such a doctor because
right past me in such a doctor because there’s a male nurse next to me who’s
there’s a male nurse next to me who’s
there’s a male nurse next to me who’s wearing a lab coat and that’s probably
wearing a lab coat and that’s probably
wearing a lab coat and that’s probably the doctor only to be turned back and
the doctor only to be turned back and
the doctor only to be turned back and also look back we’ve had that we have in
also look back we’ve had that we have in
also look back we’ve had that we have in an era where more girls are getting
an era where more girls are getting
an era where more girls are getting educated you’re getting more girls out
educated you’re getting more girls out
educated you’re getting more girls out of school but you know what you want the
of school but you know what you want the
of school but you know what you want the older ones right the ones with white
older ones right the ones with white
older ones right the ones with white hair right you trust them more isn’t it
hair right you trust them more isn’t it
hair right you trust them more isn’t it yes you tend to give them more
yes you tend to give them more
yes you tend to give them more opportunities to speak to you and to
opportunities to speak to you and to
opportunities to speak to you and to actually treat you we feel that we see
actually treat you we feel that we see
actually treat you we feel that we see it I can see the doubt on your face when
it I can see the doubt on your face when
it I can see the doubt on your face when you when you walk into the room I like
you when you walk into the room I like
you when you walk into the room I like where is the doctor come coming in at
where is the doctor come coming in at
where is the doctor come coming in at what point will he come in perhaps an
what point will he come in perhaps an
what point will he come in perhaps an older he right now it’s not very easy
older he right now it’s not very easy
older he right now it’s not very easy being a female ok it’s good to say young
being a female ok it’s good to say young
being a female ok it’s good to say young female emotional doctor I mean it’s
female emotional doctor I mean it’s
female emotional doctor I mean it’s easier to be a model it’s the place for
easier to be a model it’s the place for
easier to be a model it’s the place for curvy girls right yes
curvy girls right yes
curvy girls right yes it’s the place for lighter girls right
it’s the place for lighter girls right
it’s the place for lighter girls right we have a place we’ve positioned women
we have a place we’ve positioned women
we have a place we’ve positioned women we have put a ceiling to what they can
we have put a ceiling to what they can
we have put a ceiling to what they can do it needless to say that a few months
do it needless to say that a few months
do it needless to say that a few months ago during the menstruation day the
ago during the menstruation day the
ago during the menstruation day the newspaper pull out only had men talking
newspaper pull out only had men talking
newspaper pull out only had men talking about the policy around menstruation
about the policy around menstruation
about the policy around menstruation do you remember did you see that was I
do you remember did you see that was I
do you remember did you see that was I the only one who found it weird that
the only one who found it weird that
the only one who found it weird that they know so much about our you know
they know so much about our you know
they know so much about our you know then we could contribute yet there are
then we could contribute yet there are
then we could contribute yet there are women in this places what am I saying to
women in this places what am I saying to
women in this places what am I saying to you that there is a place for young
you that there is a place for young
you that there is a place for young people young women young women emotional
people young women young women emotional
people young women young women emotional doctors we exist we are there we know
doctors we exist we are there we know
doctors we exist we are there we know what we are doing surprise surprise and
what we are doing surprise surprise and
what we are doing surprise surprise and we actually do care about you we went to
we actually do care about you we went to
we actually do care about you we went to school to take care of you and we have
school to take care of you and we have
school to take care of you and we have no point to prove we are just getting
no point to prove we are just getting
no point to prove we are just getting our work done social media is the next
our work done social media is the next
our work done social media is the next big thing okay aside the sleek wins in
big thing okay aside the sleek wins in
big thing okay aside the sleek wins in the works you can actually get very good
the works you can actually get very good
the works you can actually get very good things going on social media killing
things going on social media killing
things going on social media killing many moms has become where we write all
many moms has become where we write all
many moms has become where we write all we are disgruntled about right okay not
we are disgruntled about right okay not
we are disgruntled about right okay not you your friends then use just spread
you your friends then use just spread
you your friends then use just spread the screenshots it’s okay but could we
the screenshots it’s okay but could we
the screenshots it’s okay but could we use it as a way to actually communicate
use it as a way to actually communicate
use it as a way to actually communicate what good is going on in our country
what good is going on in our country
what good is going on in our country what is the issue affecting policy the
what is the issue affecting policy the
what is the issue affecting policy the women the woman that I lost the lady
women the woman that I lost the lady
women the woman that I lost the lady that I lost she actually died because
that I lost she actually died because
that I lost she actually died because there was not enough blood in the
there was not enough blood in the
there was not enough blood in the hospital
hospital
hospital and not only in the facility that I work
and not only in the facility that I work
and not only in the facility that I work at in all the hospitals in Nairobi who
at in all the hospitals in Nairobi who
at in all the hospitals in Nairobi who donate blood
donate blood
donate blood Sarah Callie’s idea we serve at alerts
Sarah Callie’s idea we serve at alerts
Sarah Callie’s idea we serve at alerts but who actually must donate blood it is
but who actually must donate blood it is
but who actually must donate blood it is you and I because we are healthy we are
you and I because we are healthy we are
you and I because we are healthy we are okay I will continue speaking about
okay I will continue speaking about
okay I will continue speaking about young doctors young female doctors young
young doctors young female doctors young
young doctors young female doctors young female emotional doctors but there is a
female emotional doctors but there is a
female emotional doctors but there is a place for you as well in our public
place for you as well in our public
place for you as well in our public health sector there’s a role for you to
health sector there’s a role for you to
health sector there’s a role for you to play thank you
play thank you
play thank you [Applause]
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