A family in Nairobi has been left puzzled and in mourning after their 35-year-old daughter, a student doctor based at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), was found to have committed suicide in her car.

It remains a mystery why KNH paediatrician, Dr Lydia Wahura Kanyoro, took her own life and her body found in the backseat of her car moments after leaving a Master’s class at the University of Nairobi.

Police found two bottles of anaesthesia drugs - ketamine and midazolam, a syringe and a printed suicide note in the car and detectives are analyzing them to establish what led to her committing suicide.

KNH. PHOTO/COURTESY

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Dr Wahura is said to have been pursuing her Master’s Degree in medicine at the University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences located within KNH and reportedly attended a 9am class on June 12.

She was later seen leaving the lecture hall headed for her car and at around 9:30am and it remains unclear what prompted her to leave her lectures halfway only to be found dead moments later.

A postmortem on her body has been scheduled for Tuesday.