Betty Gikonyo

**Betty Mūthoni Gìkonyo** (an haife ta 27 ga Mayu 1950) 'yar kasuwa ce ta kiwon lafiya ta Kenya, likitan zuciya na yara kuma ɗaya daga cikin sanannun masu kiwon lafiya na ƙasar. An nuna ta a kan CNN ta African Voices 

Gìkonyo co-kafa ne kuma shugaban Hukumar Daraktocin Asibitin Karen . Daga 2006 har zuwa 2020, ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in a asibitin Karen da ke Nairobi, Kenya . 

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Gìkonyo a ranar 27 ga Mayu 1950 a ƙauyen xiamabara, kusa da garin Karatina, a cikin Gundumar Nyeri .  Ta fito ne daga iyali matalauta kuma ta sa takalmanta na farko tana da shekaru 13.

Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Alliance Girls .  Ayyukanta na farko ya kasance a Kenya Railways da Harbors, kafin ta shiga jami'ar. Ta sami KSh. 700/= a kowane wata, wanda ya kasance adadi mai yawa a gare ta, idan aka yi la'akari da cewa kuɗin aljihun makarantar ta kasance 20/= .&nbsp;

Babban gamuwa ta farko ta likita ita ce lokacin da aka gano mahaifiyarta da ciwon daji lokacin da Gìkonyo ke da shekaru 14. Koyaya, babbar wahayi don neman aikin likita ta fito ne daga ɗan'uwanta, Dokta Wallace Kahūgū, saboda mahaifiyarta ta yi magana sosai game da shi.

Gìkonyo ta ci gaba da halartar Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Nairobi, inda ta sami digiri na farko na Medicine da Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) a 1975. Ta ci gaba da samun Jagora na Medicine a cikin Pediatrics, tare da nuna bambanci a cikin ilimin zuciya na yara daga wannan jami'a. Daga baya ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin zuciya na yara daga Jami'ar Minnesota a Amurka. A cikin 2000s yayin da ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaba a Asibitin Karen, ta gudanar da Jagora na Gudanar da Kasuwanci (MBA) daga Jami'ar Daystar . 

## Asibitin Karen da Zuciya
Tare da mijinta, Betty Gìkonyo ta tara dala miliyan 14 don gina asibitin Karen.[1] Daga cikin wannan, dala miliyan 8 sun fito ne daga Bankin Kasuwancin Kenya, rancen da asibitin ya biya tun lokacin. An gina asibitin tsakanin shekara ta 2003 zuwa Maris 2006. Tana da ma'aikata 450 a shekarar 2015. Har ila yau, asibitin yana da rassan tauraron dan adam a Chester House (a tsakiyar birnin Nairobi), Karatina, Meru, Nyeri, Nakuru, Kitengela da Mombasa. Tana shirin bude makarantar jinya ta Betty Gìkonyo a Ngong . [1][2]

A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta na sadaka, Gìkonyo ta kafa tushe na Zuciya zuwa Zuciya, ƙungiyar da ke tara kuɗi ga yara matalauta da ke fama da cututtukan zuciya. A shekara ta 1993, ita (tare da mijinta) ta fara aikin Heart Runs, abubuwan agaji na shekara-shekara a yau da ake kira Karen Hospital Heart Run (ko Heart to Heart Foundation Run) da Mater Heart Run . Mater Heart Run ya ja hankalin kimanin mahalarta 60,000 a shekarar 2015.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Ta auri Daniel Gìkonyo, likitan zuciya, wanda ya kafa asibitin Karen  kuma likitan sirri na dogon lokaci na shugaban Kenya na uku Mwai Kibaki . 

Sun hadu a Jami'ar Nairobi a lokacin shekara ta biyu kuma sun yi aure a watan Yunin 1974. Ita mahaifiyar yara uku ne masu girma (masanin ilimin zuciya, masanin ilimin cututtuka da mawaƙa). 

## Dubi kuma

* Juliet Gikonyo Nyaga

## Kyaututtuka

* Silver Star (SS) Kyautar Shugaban kasa a 1998 
* Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) Kyautar Shugaban kasa a 2008 
* Shugaba Global Limited Gabashin Afirka Regional Awards: Mafi yawan mace (Matsayin Kiwon Lafiya) 

## Kasancewa memba

* Kungiyar Likitoci ta Kenya
* Kenya Cibiyar Kula da Zuciya
* Kungiyar Kula da Yara ta Kenya
* Kungiyar Mata ta Likitoci ta Kenya.
* Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Nairobi
* Shugaban Jami'ar Nairobi Alumni Association 

## Manazarta