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I suffered a heart attack at just 29, that’s why I want to help

Jane Kiprop, 33, mother of two survived a heart attack, this was during the interview at I&M Standard offices on 26/04/16 [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/Standard]

It had been quite an ordinary day. Jane Kirop was attending evening classes at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. She had just completed an eight-minute class presentation and was awaiting appraisal from her lecturer when the pain struck.

At about 7.30pm, she took a painkiller but thin beads of sweat began flowing down her head. The pain below her left breast persisted, prompting her classmates to rush her to the Aga Khan University Hospital.

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