Claim: A Facebook post shared tens of thousands of times on social networks claims to show the Guinness World Records holder of "the youngest doctor in the world" - Cornell graduate, Iqbal El-Assaad, a Palestinian refugee who lived in Lebanon. However, these claims are false: a spokeswoman for the Guinness World Records has told AFP there is no record of Assaad.Youngest doctor in the world according to Guinness World Record
Fact-check: The woman in the photo has not been crowned youngest doctor by Guinness World Records. The last person to officially hold the title was a male US doctor
Verdict: no,the last official record holder is a male us doctor
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Amanuel Neguede
Date published: 2020-02-06T13:43:00