In his last days, Steve was not only unable to foot his medical bills as he had no health insurance, he was also not able to take care of his young family.
The youth make up about 77 per cent of the Kenyan population.
The saddest story I have read this week was about Dr Stephen Mogusu, the 28-year-old doctor who died last week of Covid-19. Dr Mogusu had been a frontline health worker at a Covid-19 isolation centre in a public hospital for five months.
Like a typical Kenyan youth, Dr Mogusu – or “Steve”, as his family referred to him – played by the rules. He believed in the Kenyan dream; stay in school and keep your grades up, get admitted to a reputable university and pursue your dream career (medicine), do your time, work your way up and become a respectable member of this society. Dr Mogusu’s game plan was to pursue cardiology.
