What motivated Rija Khanal to become a pediatrician, a field that requires a decade of medical studies?

Rija Khanal, 32, from Melbourne, is set to become a pediatrician after completing her training in a few months. She expresses that during her medical studies, she was fascinated by the prospect of working in the pediatric health sector. Currently employed as a pediatric doctor at a children's hospital in Victoria, she has shared her educational and professional journey with SBS Nepali.

Rija Khanal, 32, a resident of Melbourne, is set to join the very few names of pediatricians with Nepali heritage. Credit: Supplied/Rija Khanal/Getty Images/Terry Vine