What do you think when you hear the word 'surgeon'? Yups to become a surgeon is not easy, high risk besides needing a process and time of 'school' that is long enough to be a competent surgeon. But do you know that there are surgeons who are still in their teens
He is Akrit Jaswal the youngest surgeon in the world, Maybe you have never heard of this one magical child. Let's just go ahead and continue on Akrit Jaswal, it's guaranteed that the story is very interesting and makes you feel amazed by its intelligence.
Biography of Akrit Jaswal
Akrit Jaswal was born in India on April 23, 1993. Akrit Jaswal was born as an indigo child, so it is not surprising that he has intelligence above average. IQ Akrit Jaswal at the age of 13 is said to be 146 who have been at the level of super genius.
However, the gift bestowed on Akrit Jaswal was not only that. Unlike children in general, Akrit Jaswal grows and experiences development faster than children his age.
If children generally start speaking at the age of one year or more, Akrit Jaswal starts talking at the age of 10 months. In addition, Akrit Jaswal also read books on anatomy and science of science when he was very young at 6 years. In addition to studying books on human anatomy and science, Akrit Jaswal also studied various books relating to specialist medical science.
Akrit Jaswal's intelligence has surprised many people. Akrit Jaswal's greatest goal is to find a cure for cancer. Because of that, he even made a brilliant idea to treat cancer at the age of 5 years. Thanks to the idea he made related to treating cancer with gene therapy, he was allowed to go back and forth in the hospital and watch the operation process.
As a result, Akrit Jaswal was able to perform surgical operations well at the age of 7 years. Miraculously indeed, without learning many surgical practices, Akrit Jaswal was able to operate successfully and neatly at a very young age.
It was his first operation that made Akrit Jaswal's name very popular in India to the whole world, to the extent that he was invited to be a special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
First Surgical Operation Successfully Save Children of Poor Families
The first surgical operation challenge "Akrit Jaswal" is to operate the hands of a child from a poor family who is still 9 years old, whose fingers are fused. Although his parents had doubts, Akrit Jaswal finally performed the surgery and was accompanied by a surgeon from his village. As a result, his first operation was successful and the results of his surgery were recognized by Indian doctors because of his neatness.
Akrit Jaswal entered elementary school at the age of 5 years. However, he was able to pass through elementary school to high school in just one year so at the age of 12 he had earned a Bachelor's degree in Botany, Chemistry and Zoology at the University of Punjab in Lahore, India.
Because of his genius, Akrit Jaswal received an invitation to exchange ideas about medical research and tested his intelligence at Imperial College in London. For two weeks, Akrit Jaswal was tested by various experts from various fields such as biology, surgery, urology and psychology and was tested by IQ focus teams and inquisitors.
Photo of Akrit Jaswal in the interview session of The Oprah Winfrey Show
The result of the exam is Akrit Jaswal does have a huge potential in the medical world although it still needs to be guided by experts of surgeons who are competent in their field.
And reportedly during his studies at Harvard University, the youngest surgeon also learned a lot from his seniors, namely cardiovascular thoracic surgery specialists, oral surgery specialists, plastic surgery and neurosurgery specialists. Wow, really cool.
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