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Remarkable young man overcomes challenges to become medical doctor after father abandoned him at age 13

Following his father’s abandonment at the age of 13, a remarkable young man by the name of Festus Ohan has achieved success by becoming a medical doctor.

Due to his mother’s schizophrenia diagnosis when he was only four years old, Festus Ohan suffered through the foster care system.

His father later abandoned him when he was 13 years old after being left with him for a time.

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Festus recounted the events, saying that the time his father left him was the worst in his life.

“I went to bed in tears, crying, praying, asking God, ‘Why did this happen to me?,” he said.

Young Festus Ohan rose to the challenges of going through eight different foster care homes. 

“From that age until the age of emancipation, I had been at eight different foster homes and was distraught due to the abandonment of my father and my mother’s diagnosis of schizophrenia at the age of four,” he narrated.

He decided to pursue his aspirations after discovering his interest for medicine during his time in foster care homes.

His foster parents didn’t support his dreams

He described that his foster parents’ lack of complete support made people skeptical of his desire to become a medical doctor.

Remarkable young man overcomes challenges to become medical doctor

“Unfortunately, it was met with skepticism and doubt from various foster parents and I was told to have more realistic aspirations.”

“Constantly hearing my foster parents throw statistics at me, about there’s only a 1 percent chance that a foster kid will even graduate college, let alone attend professional school, kind of impacted me in a way,” he added

Festus persisted in working toward his objective despite this and eventually received a full scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was able to complete his studies for a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience.

He finally achieved his dream to be a medical doctor 

Following the completion of his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Festus was offered admission to a number of medical schools, including Cornell University, Northwestern University, Columbia University, University of Texas, and University of Houston.

“After various research projects, volunteering, and performing well in school I was ultimately given a full ride scholarship to attend medical school at UCLA. It was there that I found my desire to become an anesthesiologist and had gotten accepted to the residency program in UT Southwestern,” he said.

Festus at last began working as a medical doctor at the University of Texas UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He expressed his happiness at being able to care for patients.

Festus ultimately believed that his success would encourage others to never give up on their aspirations. 

“Never give up, really hold on to your dreams, because as long as you’re able to stick through it and persevere, you will accomplish your goals,” he said.

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Medical Doctor Writes Application To Be Ooni’s 8th Wife

Meanwhile, a medical doctor, has taken to Twitter to announce her readiness to become the 8th wife of the Ooni of Ife.

Battabox sources revealed that the Nigerian medical practitioner who is identified as Bella Nifemi applied to join Ooni’s oloris.

It is no longer news that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has recently taken on the culture of marrying.