Dr Alla Ilyinichna Levushkina, Russians oldest working surgeon turns 90 this year and with 10,000 operations already under her belt, she has no plans to retire.
She has worked for 68 years and still rattles out four surgeries a day at Ryazan City Hospital near Moscow.
Being a doctor isn’t just a profession but a lifestyle,’ she told Lite FM when asked why she hasn’t retired.
‘If I stopped working, who is going to perform the surgeries?’
Alla refers to herself as the ‘racing horse’, because she is immediately filled with energy when she enters the operation theatre.
The tenacious pensioner has steady hands despite her age, and regularly has to deal with invalids who feel uneasy with her treating them.
Source:Daily Mail
