Billboard of emaciated adult tugged at my heartstrings

Dr Susan Karanja.

Dr Susan Karanja could have gone into music were it not for a billboard of an emaciated adult with the slogan ‘Aids Kills’ that tugged at her heartstrings. It was at the height of the HIV scourge. She there and then changed her career to medicine, a journey that has seen her excel and become one of Kenya’s most successful neurosurgeons. 

“All I knew from that point was I wanted to be a doctor, so I went through the rigours and hard work of medical school,” explains Dr Karanja, on her journey to becoming one of the country’s three female neurosurgeons.