Now 89-years-old, Levushkina lives in a flat with her eight cats and disabled nephew that she takes care of.

She's been a surgeon for a great 67 years and has already performed over 10,000 operations. And no, she doesn't intend on slowing down.

“Being a doctor isn’t just a profession but a lifestyle,” she said when asked if she had any plans to retire.

“If I stopped working, who is going to perform the surgeries?”

In Levushkina's early days, she worked for the air medical services. There, she treated patients that were living in the outskirts of Russia.

After 30 years, however, she decided to return to Ryazan to work, where she originally grew up and studied.

Don't let her old age fool you! She's known for never having shaky hands and calls herself the "racing horse."

She's automatically filled with energy every time she enters the operation room. Since she stands at a petite height of 150cm (slightly under 5 feet), she has her own special platform to stand on while she's performing surgery.

As expected, some patients in the past have been worried about Lebushkina's abilities and skills. Nonetheless, she proved them wrong each time.

She's thought to be the oldest surgeon that's still currently working in the world right now. Her secret to such a long life: “‘I didn’t find any secret to longevity. I just eat everything, laugh a lot and cry a lot.”

Source: Lifebuzz

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