From Struggles to Success!! How a Medical Student Graduated with First Class After Almost Giving Up

My name is Brian Kato, and I come from Fort Portal, Uganda. Growing up, I had one dream to become a doctor. I was always among the top students in my class, and when I finally got admitted to study medicine at one of Uganda’s top universities, I believed my dream was finally becoming a reality. But the journey that followed was far from easy. In fact, I almost gave up completely. What happened later is something I never thought I would believe in but it changed my life.

The first two years of university were okay. I worked hard and passed my exams. But things started changing in my third year. I would read for hours and still fail simple tests. I began forgetting things I knew very well. Sometimes I’d enter an exam room and completely go blank. My lecturers started questioning if I even belonged in medical school. My classmates avoided me. I became the joke in my class. The more I tried, the worse things got. I even visited doctors to check if I had a medical problem, but everything came out....CONTINUE READING