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World's Oldest Surgeon, 89, Still Performs 4 Operations Per Day And Is Not Planning To Retire
If you think that age slows you down then you’ve obviously never met Alla Illyinichna Levushkina. She’s a surgeon at Ryazan City Hospital near Moscow, and despite being almost 90 – yes, you heard that correctly – she still performs 4 operations every day.
89-year-old Alla, who lives in a flat where she cares for her disabled nephew and her eight cats, has been a surgeon for a whopping 67 years, and although she’s already performed more than 10,000 operations, she has no intention of slowing down. “Being a doctor isn’t just a profession but a lifestyle,” she told Lite FM when asked if she had any plans to retire. “If I stopped working, who is going to perform the surgeries?” She’s thought to be the oldest surgeon still working in the world, but what’s the secret to her long life? “‘I didn’t find any secret to longevity,” she said. “I just eat everything, laugh a lot and cry a lot.” (h/t: LiteFM)
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
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Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Barcroft Media
Image credits: Barcroft Media
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
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Yvonne Bernal 7 years ago
This 'General Nanesthetic' stands at 150cm (4ft 9in) so has to use a special step to reach the patients! She originally wanted to be a geologist, but was inspired to become a surgeon after reading a novel about doctors and went on to specialize in proctology with zero fatalities!
Lou Wow 7 years ago
I'd hate to think what might cause a fatality in proctology. :-O
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Arty 7 years ago
"If I stopped working, who is going to perform the surgeries?"...I have no idea if it's totally a joke or some reference to the state of the medical corps in Russia...:/
Yvonne Bernal 7 years ago
This 'General Nanesthetic' stands at 150cm (4ft 9in) so has to use a special step to reach the patients! She originally wanted to be a geologist, but was inspired to become a surgeon after reading a novel about doctors and went on to specialize in proctology with zero fatalities!
Lou Wow 7 years ago
I'd hate to think what might cause a fatality in proctology. :-O
Load More Replies... Arty 7 years ago
"If I stopped working, who is going to perform the surgeries?"...I have no idea if it's totally a joke or some reference to the state of the medical corps in Russia...:/
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