A man who survived cancer as a child has graduated from medical school at the University of Bristol - and now hopes to become a paediatrician so he can help others like him. Oscar Oglina was inspired into medicine by the doctors and nurses who saved his life when he was diagnosed with stage 3 liver cancer at just four years old.
And yesterday (June 13) he took the university’s promise ceremony, their version of the Hippocratic oath, officially ending his time as a medicine student. In 2001, a four-year-old Oscar woke up to find a hard lump on his abdomen.
Within 24 hours he had received a cancer diagnosis, and for more than a year he endured chemotherapy and underwent surgery. But he has now secured his first job in medicine, and he paid tribute to his parents.
