Jimmy Gait on Friday, September 20, opened up about a tragic event that has left him full of pain and grief.
In an emotional video posted on his YouTube page, he revealed that he had lost a good friend that he had come to know in his journey in India.
The man, a professor from Nakuru, is alleged to have been misdiagnosed with malaria and typhoid several times, and on seeking a second opinion in India, he was informed that he was suffering from Stage-4 cancer.
Gait alleged that the professor had been in India undergoing treatment, and they got to know each other when he was visiting Kenyan patients in the hospital where he too had ended up.
He claimed that not long after their meeting, the man was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit in so much pain.
He intimated that in one of the conversations that they had together with him and his family, he claimed that in spite of his physical pain, he was much more in turmoil knowing that his disease could have been diagnosed early if the doctors had done due diligence.
That happened to be their last conversation.
"I have received news that my short-lived friend that I have come to love so much has passed on," he stated, his voice breaking.
He addressed his friend's case as being the common plight of Kenyans seeking treatment abroad after being misdiagnosed.
He confessed that he never knew that he too would one day end up being in a situation where he would go abroad to seek treatment, but his visit to India had been an eye-opener.
"When I went to India I forgot that I was sick because I saw Kenyans and how much they were suffering, just to see that doctors do not care about treating patients but getting money is the worst thing I have seen," he regretted.
Reiterating that he had a plan in the offing, he urged Kenyans to sign a petition that he alleged was doing rounds online to enforce change in the health system.
This, he asserted, would help in cracking a whip on the rogue doctors in Kenya who are messing up the system for both the Kenyans and the good doctors doing a commendable job.
