A young at heart 89-year-old surgeon continues to perform 4 operations every day

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By Maqsooda
February 14, 2017Stories
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A young at heart 89-year-old surgeon continues to perform 4 operations every day

What would you consider as retirement age? What do you do after you retire? These are some questions that are left to each individual to decide how they want to spend the golden years of their lives.

Meet Alla Illyinichna Levushkina, almost 90 years of age. She’s a surgeon at Ryazan City Hospital near Moscow – yes she is, which means she still continues to perform four surgeries every day till date. She is still going strong after having worked continuously for 67 years.

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Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
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Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS

“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 considered to be the oldest surgeon working in the world.

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Image credits: Alexander Ryumin/TASS
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