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.