Medical graduate defies the odds
A medical doctor graduated this month, despite severe neurological damage.
DOCTOR Nkosinathi Shongwe graduated from UKZN Medical School last week, despite suffering tragedy over the past few years.
Shongwe survived a fatal motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of his friend, Tumelo Seliane, a final year medical student at UKZN, in 2015.
Shongwe sustained serious neurological damage and could not continue with his studies for at least a year after tragedy struck the group of friends. In 2016, another survivor of the initial accident, Dr Sphesihle Luvuyo Ngubane, then a medical intern, passed away tragically in another devastating car crash.
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Through sheer determination and a strong faith in God, Shongwe, a devout Christian, graduated on 20 April with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery degree from UKZN.
Shongwe said: “All Glory be to God. I am an enlisted soldier in the army of the Almighty and through His will, I will soldier on.”
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