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Crisis: Burnout stalks Kenyan medical students

Stephen Mutuku: Grew up admiring his mother, a doctor

Stephen Mutuku felt a strong urge to quit medical school the moment he joined Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKuat).

As the lecturers introduced complex medical terminologies he found difficult to memorise, Mutuku began doubting whether he was cut out for medicine.

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