The next generation of healthcare workers are training right now at California Health Sciences University.
School leaders say it’s important to teach students locally, so they can better meet the healthcare need in Central California.
Dayanidh “Joga” Singh’s journey into osteopathic medicine is unconventional.
“When I was in high school, I wasn’t really focused into academics,” said Singh. “Instead I wanted to become a welder and a mechanic.”
Then a motorcycle accident at 16-years-old changed his life.
“The first responders that came and picked me up, I ended up making friends with them,” said Singh.
“It was the very first time I met someone who genuinely enjoyed their career.”
That’s when his passion for medicine sparked. He enrolled into an EMT program, worked in search and rescue, and even became a wildland firefighter.
“When I was working in these remote settings, I found myself being consistently curious about the inner workings of the diseases that I saw or the treatments I’d administer,” said Singh.