Malawian engineer Ruth Mtuwa works alongside colleagues at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Thyolo, Malawi. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
THYOLO, Malawi: When Malawian engineer Ruth Mtuwa was a child, she visited a sick family member in hospital and was shocked to see that barely any of the medical equipment worked.
That realisation pushed her to want to help, leading her on the path to becoming a biomedical engineer.
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