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We pulled out bullet fragments, removed her dead brain

Neurosurgeon FLorentius Koech. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

At 10 years of age, Florentius Koech fell sick and was admitted to an isolation ward for three months.

His health was deteriorating daily, but doctors could not figure out why. Despite different medications, his condition worsened until a visiting American doctor examined him and ordered drugs from abroad, before flying out.

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