Meet – Dr. Thakgalo Thibela, a 25-year-old remarkable Medical Doctor; at age 21 she became the youngest female Medical Doctor in South Africa after obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Wits University.
She was born and raised in Violet Bank, a village in the small town of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga province.
She attended Farel Primary School where she was smart enough and skipped Grade 7, enrolled straight to Lehlasedi High School where she also did not do Grade 9.
Dr. Thakgalo Thibela was promoted from Grade 6 to 8 and from Grade 8 to 10 due to her academic excellence and completed her matric with 7 distinctions at the age of 15.
At age 16, she received a bursary from Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand, where she successfully graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) in December 2020 at the age of 21.
She completed her Internship at Helen Joseph Hospital and her Community Service at Mapulaneng Hospital and intends on becoming a Neurosurgeon in the nearest future.
Dr. Thakgalo Thibela is currently a Medical Doctor at Mapulaneng Hospital and intends on becoming a Neurosurgeon in the nearest future.
“I am grateful to be given an opportunity to serve my country. I became a doctor because I wanted to help people and being able to do just that gives me great joy,” said Dr. Thakgalo Thibela.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBCh) – University of the Witwatersrand (2015 – 2020)
Diploma in Child Health
Basic Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Lehlasedi High School
January 2011 – December 2014
Top Student in Shatale Circuit 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Medical Doctor
Mapulaneng Hospital
March 2024 – Ongoing
Medical Officer (Community Service)
Mapulaneng Hospital
01 January 2023 – 31 December 2023
Medical Doctor (Internship)
Helen Joseph Hospital / Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital Complex
January 2021 – December 2022
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Golden Key International Honor Society Member
Youngest Female Medical Doctor in South Africa
Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2022
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