HEIGHT OF SUCCESS Overcoming odds, legal woes, Gujarat' $3 feet tall doc gets Ist job

Standing three feet tall and aged just 25, Gujarat resident Ganesh Baraiya has scripted an inspiring tale of grit and determination, fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a doctor and securing his first appointment as a medical officer.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The man from a farming family, detected with 72 per cent locomotor disability, fought lengthy legal battles, leading up to the Supreme Court, to become a doctor and faced several other overwhelming odds, but the thought of giving up the fight never crossed his mind.

His efforts have borne fruit and Baraiya last week joined Sir Takhtasinhji General Hospital, a government facility in Bhavnagar district, as a Medical Officer (Class-2).

“Since childhood, whenever I was asked about my ambition, I used to say ‘I want to be a doctor’,” disclosed the 25-year-old physician, a resident of Gorkhi village in Bhavnagar district.