Six years later she received her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Witwatersrand.
She is following close in the footsteps Sandile Kubheka, who made South African history in 2014 by qualifying as the youngest doctor ever at the age of 20.“When I treat the patients, who come to the hospital, they always ask me about my age and are full of compliments when I tell them,” says Dr Thibela.
“It is only when I am protected that I am able to help other people. When I consult a patient, especially one who has tested positive for COVID-19, I must wear gloves, mask, a face shield and gown.”When she completed her matric in 2015, she wanted to apply to study medicine only but was persuaded to have a back-up plan by her older sister and thus also applied to study nuclear science.
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