“The system as designed failed Dr Moraa and many others who we have mourned before. We must together resist it. We must resist this modern-day slavery and challenge the embedded structural failures that lead to such tragedies,” Dr Devji Atellah
Dr Moraa, who was a medical intern at Gatundu Level 5 Hospital untill her untimely demise, was found dead on the balcony of her bedroom apartment Sunday night in a case of suspected suicide
According to close sources, Dr Moraa was working under very difficult, dangerous, and indecent conditions that did not guarantee her safety and overall well-being,
Her death is a sad but glaring manifestation of our country’s broken healthcare system that feeds on the unpaid and underpaid labour of young doctors and continues to undermine their safety and basic human rights.
He demise just serves us a reminder of the many frustrated young medical intern who endures the pain of harsh working environments day in day out.
Dr Moraa, 27 years old, was staying alone on the fourth floor of an apartment where her body was found on the balcon.
The motive behind her suspected suicide is yet to be established.However, according to police, she left a suicide note suggesting a motive.
In the note, she indicated that she was stressed and overworked, police said.
Some of her colleagues concurred to her sentiments, citing round-the-clock 12-hour shifts that stretched into 36 hours sometimes, adding that personal struggles may have worsened things for her and stretched her limits over.
Dr Desree More is just a sad representation of those youth medics working under unbearable, harsh and inhumane environment.