As there seems to be a contest on bragging rights as to who graduated from medical school at the youngest age, how about my contribution?1,2
I am Jewish and I grew up in Holland. As such, I am a survivor of the Holocaust. I was in hiding from late August 1942 until we were liberated by Canadian troops in April 1945. I graduated from medical school at the University of Utrecht in June 1950, when I was 21 years old.
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Maurits Gans
Family physician (ret'd) Exeter, Ont.
References
- 1.Sullivan P. Paras Naik, MD: how Scotland produced Canada's youngest physician. CMAJ 2000;162(6):870.
- 2.Tiessen AC. We protest! [letter]. CMAJ 2000;162(12):1664.10870493