NRI Heenal Raichura UK's youngest doctor at the age of 22
She was the youngest ever accepted into university to study medicine at the age of 16 in 2002.

 

London, July 12, 2008
Sadhu Singh

• At the age of 9, NRI Heenal Raichura joined MENSA with an IQ of 170 and youngest kid to start secondary school.
• At the age of 14, She took her GCSEs examinations at the France Bardsley School for Girls in Romford, Essex, with 7As*, 3As and a B
• At the age of 16 in 2002, she got four grade As and one B at A-Levels at the Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster.
• At the age of 16 in 2002, she was the youngest ever accepted into at St George’s University in London to study medicine.
• At the age of 22 in 2008, she has graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree and will start work at University College London Hospital.

She also spend an extra year to get a degree in Anatomy and Developmental Biology from the University College of London along with five years of medical study.

Heenal Raichura told media:

• All I remember from when I was younger is wanting to be a doctor and I was always interested in trying to figure out what was going wrong with the body. To finally come out and say, 'I'm a doctor'
• It is very exciting, that I can put everything I've learned into practise and have the opportunity to play an important role in people's lives and have a positive impact.

She lives with her parents, father Nalin Raichura, 65 and Shobhna, 59 and sister Sonia, 25 who is a trainee actuary. Her hather run a wholesale business.

Her father said, "She encountered immense difficulty in finding universities that would accept her at the age of 16 because the minimum age at entry is 17 years 6 months."

 

 

 

UK's youngest doctor at the age of 22 --Photo by mumbai mirror