Fred Hollows

Frederick Cossom Hollows AC (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993) was a New Zealand-born ophthalmologist and humanitarian who devoted a great part of his life to the eradication of curable blindness among the underprivileged communities of Oceania, Asia and Africa. Sourced To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities. Australian of the Year Government Site Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts. Culture and Recreation Government Site Every eye is an eye. When you are doing surgery there, that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the Prime Minister or King. The Fred Hollows Foundation Site External links Category:Physicians Category:1993 deaths Category:People from New Zealand