India’s oldest medical student @ 50

CHENNAI: The 177-year-old Madras Medical College perhaps has the oldest medical student in the country. N Saravanapavan, a 50-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil, has been a student of the famed medical institution, one of the oldest in the country, for 24 years now, occupying a room in the college hostel.

The case tumbled out after Saravanapavan approached the Madras high court to erase certain adverse remarks on his travel documents, so that he could travel hassle-free between India and Sri Lanka.