Doctors caution residents of South Rift to be wary of goitre

Richard Serem suffered in silence for fifteen years. [File, Standard]

For 15 years, Richard Serem suffered in silence as he tried in vain to treat goitre using herbal medicine.

The 65-year-old experienced pain and persistent coughing, which was also accompanied by fatigue.

“Walking a distance of 100 metres would leave me breathless,” he says.