HealthAfriq – Staff Spotlight Features CFK Africa Paramedic Nicholas Okumu

“What is it like to live a life of saving lives, to crawl into bed every night knowing you could be called to an emergency?

One would expect Nicholas Okumu Owuor, a paramedic based in Nairobi County’s Kibera informal settlement, to be suffering something close to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

With the recent demonstrations in Nairobi and across Kenya, his life has been a whirlwind.

“You save the lives of demonstrators injured by police; and you save the lives of police who get hurt,” he says.” 

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