One day until we announce our new 2013-2014 WMF Scholars! For six days we will share the different stories of current WMF Scholars who are making a difference in their communities worldwide. We hope you become inspired to become an active member of your community. It is the power of a community that creates change.
Day Six: Jeremiah Uyime
Begin your weekend with inspiration from Jeremiah Uyime a WMF Scholar studying Medicine from Nigeria. In May Jeremiah was serving in the Department of Pediatrics when he met a 12 year old girl with severe anemia, mild thrombocytopenia and severe neutropenia. In his own words, “She was very smart and cute. She was placed on reverse-barrier nursing and received several blood transfusions. At a point, I volunteered and donated 500mls of blood to her; that was my first ever blood donation! I was in tears at the expression of gratitude by her father, and it dawned on me that finally my dream of “giving back hope to hopeless persons with medical conditions” was gradually coming true”.
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