Indian Doogie Howser?

 

Do you think your child will be a doctor some day? Baskaran Bakkiashree’s 7-year-old daughter Selvi might become one in just a few years. Gifted with a powerful memory, she can recite 1,000 medicine brands and prescribe the correct medicine for a number of ailments.

Selvi spends 4 hours a day studying medicine, and plans to sit a medical exam in 3 years to enter a private medical college. If she succeeds, she would be the youngest doctor in the world (the current youngest doctor is Balamurali Ambati, who graduated at 17).

Check out the full article:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/765610-worlds-youngest-doctor-set-to-be-seven-year-old-selvi

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