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My patients trek 80 kilometres to receive diarrhoea, chicken pox treatment

Dr Florence Ng'endo Mwangi July 1961. [File, Standard]

Dr Ng'endo Mwangi was Kenya's first female physician when the country relied on a few missionary health facilities and traditional healers. It was normal to give birth at home and in areas like Ukambani, many girls named Nzilani and boys named Mwanzia were born en route to far-flung hospitals.

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