Dr. Prabha Choksey; Holding the ladder for others

Dr. Prabha Choksey Photo: Courtesy

When the US Embassy in Nairobi was hit by a terrorist’s bomb in 1998, Dr Prabha Choksey was one of the doctors appointed consultant at Aga Khan Hospital. On the fateful day, she had many patients booked at her clinic. She recalls operating over 36 people removing foreign bodies, stitching and cleaning the eyes. “I worked continuously for three days-day and nights,” she remembers.

Today, she is at the same hospital busy attending to children with albinism at her clinic in the Doctor’s Plaza. It is a Tuesday, a day she’s set aside to treat children with albinism only and for free. “God created each of us for a purpose in life. My purpose is caring for children with albinism,” she begins.