I hope her plea reaches the powers that be ππΎ.
Meet Dr Thakgalo Thibela, 24-year-old remarkable Medical Doctor, at age 21 she became the youngest female Medical Doctor in South Africa after obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery from Wits University.
She was born and raised in Violet Bank, a village in the small town of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga.
She attended Farel Primary School where she was smart enough & skipped Grade 7, enrolled straight to Lehlasedi High School where she also did not do Grade 9. Dr Thibela was promoted from Grade 6 to 8 & from Grade 8 to 10 due to her academic excellence & completed her matric with 7 distinctions at the age of 15.
At age 16, she received a bursary from Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) & enrolled at Wits, where she successfully graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) in December 2020 at the age of 21.
She completed her Internship at Helen Joseph Hospital & her Community Service at Mapulaneng Hospital & intends on becoming a Neurosurgeon in the nearest future. Sadly, Dr Thakgalo Thibela is currently unemployed, willing & ready to serve anywhere in South Africa.
"I happen to find myself as part of the 800+ unemployed doctors in South Africa currently. I am willing & ready to serve anywhere in the country but that opportunity is not being afforded to me. I became a doctor because I wanted to help people & not being able to do just that has been mentally taxing. Please help," said Dr Thakgalo Thibela.