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A woman in Turkey has worked as a medical doctor for ten years without ever having graduated from medical school. Turkish newspapers reported this stunning story on Saturday.

The woman’s family had been putting so much pressure on her to become a doctor that she never had the stomach to tell them she had dropped out of medical school. This made her decide to fake the whole thing.

For years she left home every morning carrying her medical school books with her. After that she faked her M.D. diploma. She even had herself registered as an M.D. at the healthcare registry. After this she worked at various hospitals and health care centers.

Even her husband never knew she wasn’t a real doctor. She had in fact studied all her  medical school books to the letter. This might have allowed her to carry on with her scam for over ten years. 

The 88 year old Spaniard Faustino Olivera is recovering from a rather odd operation. Doctors from the hospital in Barbastro, Aragon removed a bullet from Olivera’s left side. The bullet had been there since the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The bullet’s presence only came to light when the veteran decided to see a doctor about pains he felt in his left hand side of torso. Diario de Alto Aragón reported this on their website.

” I am doing very well, at least I don’t have a fever.” Faustino Olivera told the newspaper.

Olivera, born in the Barbastro region, fought on the Nationalist side during the Civil War. His side, led by dictator Francisco Franco, later won the war. On the 11th November 1938 Olivera was struck by a bullet in the trenches. He was treated for his injuries, but medics were not able to find and extract the bullet.

Last week’s operation was successful without any complications. Mister Olivera is expected to make a full recovery. Faustino’s nephew is already the proud owner of the bullet which he describes as an ‘emotional souvenir’.