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.

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"To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities."

- Fred Hollows

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"Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts."

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"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."

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