7 Year Old Surgeon - Akrit Jaswal

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Posted: 15 years ago
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As happy as i am for this lil surgeon..😛 i feel bad that he couldn't enjoy his childhood playing like the normal 2-7 year olds.. ..would you as parents, push your lil ones into books and studies..?


The Seven-Year-Old Surgeon

"Today is a great day for science!"

This astonishing film follows 12-year-old Akrit Jaswal as he researches cures for cancer in his Delhi laboratory, which was set up by his proud parents. We see him jetting to the UK to meet top British scientists, who give their verdicts on the young genius, as well as psychologists who assess the effects these achievements could be having on his childhood. Akrit comes from a small village in northern India. He is thought to have an IQ higher than Einstein; at three, he was reciting Shakespeare. At seven, dressed in surgical garb that swamped his tiny frame, the precocious youngster performed his first surgical operation, declaring, "Today, I am very much happy to have an opportunity to serve the poor community."

This real-life Dexter became obsessed with medicine at an early age. He memorised medical books and witnessed surgeries, experimenting on animals at home in Himachal Predesh. "We went to the poultry farm, bought a live chicken, he dissected it, and after, we ate it for dinner," says his mother, Raksha Kumari Jaswal. As word of the young prodigy spread, villagers flocked to their home, seeking advice or just a glimpse of the boy. He was idolised and revered as a god, much to his discomfort. But Akrit did begin to treat some of the hordes who gathered on his doorstep.. He consulted his textbooks, discussed the cases with established doctors and prescribed medicine for more than a thousand people - including a man suffering from a brain disorder.

Akrit first gained celebrity status at the age of seven, when he successfully performed an operation to separate the fused fingers of a girl a year older than him. He taught students ten years his senior and became India's youngest-ever Indian university student.

His father, Jaswal, believes he possesses the mind of a master surgeon. Jaswal encouraged him and spent years badgering the local authorities to give his son the opportunities he deserved. Although he was maligned by the Indian media for isolating his son from other children, living his failed medical dreams through Akrit and parading him before television and news crews, Jaswal dismissed his critics as "fools."

However, Akrit's progress came at a price: frustrated with the perceived lack of support for his gifted son, Akrit's father became depressed and left the family home last year, telling him not to get in touch until Akrit had found a cure for cancer. Adored by his self-sacrificing mother and treated as a genius, Akrit has no doubt he will do this.

But is Akrit just a big fish in a small pond? Word of Akrit's achievements has spread, and our filmmakers are present when he is invited to spend two weeks at Imperial College, London. There he will meet potential mentors and IQ experts, who will test his skills and introduce him to the reality of lab work.

Once in the UK, Akrit is introduced to research biologist Dr Mustafa Diamgoz and his colleague, consultant Anup Patel. They are astounded by Akrit's knowledge and amused by his impudence. Akrit is falling over himself to impress; Mustafa suspects that the boy misses the influence of his father, and is used to never being contradicted.

http://www2.five.tv/programmes/extraordinarypeople/sevenyosurgeon/
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Posted: 15 years ago
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A year ago a footage emerged from a remote village in India .
The video showed a young girl receiving surgery to separate her fingers,
which were badly burned and fused together. Why did this operation make
headlines around the world? The surgery was performed by a 7-year-old boy
named Akrit Jaswal.


Now 13 years old, Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered
the smartest person his age in India -a country of more than a billion
people. Before Akrit could even speak, his parents say they knew he was
special.


'He learned very fast,' says Raksha, Akrit's mother. 'After
learning the alphabet, we started to teach him joining of words, and he
started writing as well. He was two.'


At
an age when most children are learning their ABCs, Akrit was reading
Shakespeare and assembling a library of medical textbooks. When he was 5
years old, he enrolled in school. One year later, Akrit was teaching
English and math classes.




Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early
age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to
observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit
read everything he could on the topic. When an impoverished family heard
about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their
daughter for free. Her surgery was a success.


After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in
India . Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment.
At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University .. He's the youngest
student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also
invited to London 's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with
scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.


Akrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's
currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. 'I've developed a
concept called oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my
theories,' he says. 'I'm quite dedicated towards working on this
mechanism.'


Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying
on the side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or
hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to
ease their suffering. '[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6,
so I have seen firsthand people suffering from pain,' he says. 'I get very
sad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my
passion about cancer.'


Currently, Akrit is working toward a bachelor's degrees in
zoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies
at Harvard University .

http://blogs.rediff.com/pehchan/2008/07/16/7-year-old-doctor/
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: MithiBani

😲 😲 😲

..my reaction as exactly MB..😲😲..😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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I know he'll be definitely singing that 3Idiots song when he grows up..

Give me some sunshine.. Give me some rain.. Give me another chance.. I wanna grow once again.. Na na na na.. nananananan
..😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Meena, here watch this video..........
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQif24jIGWY[/YOUTUBE]
I dunno if I'd let him operate on me though!! 😕 😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1

I know he'll be definitely singing that 3Idiots song when he grows up..

Give me some sunshine.. Give me some rain.. Give me another chance.. I wanna grow once again.. Na na na na.. nananananan
..😆

😆 😆
And his peers will be singing 'Kahan se aaya tha voh....' 😕
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Posted: 15 years ago
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yea.. this is shocking... thanks for the vid MB.. maybe i'll let him operate on me when grows up..😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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There are many videos of him on youtube. The indian express article says his parents sold their property to fund his US trip, to study in some Ambassador university in Texas. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20010326/ina26041.html
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: MithiBani

There are many videos of him on youtube. The indian express article says his parents sold their property to fund his US trip, to study in some Ambassador university in Texas. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20010326/ina26041.html



So basically the father dumped his decision on him before he was even born.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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He should be on Raaz Pichle Janam Ka... who knows.. he might just turn out to be Einstein in his pichele janam.. 🤓

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