Over the course of nearly a decade, a Kenyan lecturer's recurring vision blackouts were attributed to glaucoma while a brain tumour quietly advanced, ultimately claiming his sight entirely after surgery. Dr James Oluoch's story is not merely a medical misfortune — it is a map of the gaps between specialties, between symptoms and their true causes, between a patient's trust and a system's capacity to honour it. His blindness arrived not from neglect alone, but from the fragmentation that defines neurological care across much of Kenya, where too few specialists serve too many who are quietly suf
Vision Loss Masked Brain Tumour: Lecturer's Fight for Early Diagnosis
Dr Oluoch lost his sight permanently after brain tumour surgery, lost his teaching career, and faced significant financial hardship during treatment and rehabilitation.