Detectives have pieced together the last moments of Dr Lydia Wahura Kanyoro, 35.

Wahura, a star medical student in paediatrics, was pursuing her master's degree in medicine at UoN's College of Health Sciences at Kenyatta National Hospital.

Her body was found at 1 pm on Saturday in the back seat of her car with two vials of labelled drugs and three syringes.

Witnesses said they saw Lydia on June 12 checking into the lecture hall at about 9am when she registered for her classes.

At about 9.30am, she was seen leaving and heading to her car where she ended her life.

Detectives attached to the Kilimani division and her fellow medical practitioners are determined to establish what drove her to end her life.

Police said she had called some relatives, telling them where she was and what she planned to do. 

The head of security at the School of Medicine, George Onyango, said he spotted the body in the back seat of her sedan in the hospital parking lot at 1 pm.

Kilimani police boss Andrew Muturi said the drugs were sent to the Government Chemist for analysis.

He said they had not yet established the motive for the suicide but would talk to family, friends, colleagues and others.

“We are also in possession of a printed suicide note believed to have been authored by the deceased, which will also be subjected to analysis to establish if it was indeed, among other things, written by the deceased,” Muturi said.

Depression is on the rise in the medical field particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

Many medical staff are also suffering from depression and other mental conditions attributed to stress and burnout.

Experts say the majority are trainee doctors suffering from serious mental health issues that if not addressed are a ticking time bomb.