Francis Kamau Gikaru and his son Brian Gikaru Kamau
Story by BJ Muriithi in Atlanta, GA
A first year Bachelor of Science in Medicine Kenyan student collapsed at Kennesaw State university in Atlanta, GA Tuesday and was pronounced dead moments later. According to family sources, Francis Kamau Gikaru, 30, had just left the university’s clinic where he had gone for allergy medication and was walking to his class when he collapsed.
Medical personnel who promptly arrived at the scene pronounced him dead on arrival at Kennestone hospital, 10 mile West of the city of Atlanta. In a phone interview with this KEN, family spokesperson Elizabeth Mungai said that family members as well as the Kenyan Community in Atlanta were in shock. “I have just talked to his father in Kenya and he couldn’t believe what I was telling him”. According to the wife of the deceased, Jane Wanjiru Kamau, Gikaru did not have any medical issues nor did he complain of any pains prior to the incident. Mr Kamau and his wife settled in the United States in May of last year after winning the Diversity Visa (commonly known as the Green Card). Soon after, he enrolled for a BSc. in Medicine at Kennesaw State University, a popular college with Kenyans in metro Atlanta area. He leaves behind a widow and a one year old son, Brian Gikaru Kamau. The Cobb County authorities had not released the autopsy report by the time of filing this story.
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