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I started by converting a van into a mobile clinic

Dr Amit Thakker. [Courtesy]

Dr Amit Thakker had toyed with the idea of being an engineer or pilot but his grandfather, a businessman, noticed his passion for helping people and pushed him towards medicine.  

Little wonder that he was admitted to the University of Nairobi, School of Medicine, for his Bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1987 with two years spent at Chiromo and three at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).

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