Fred Hollows
New Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist (1929-1993)
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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edit- To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.
- Australian of the Year Government Site [1]
- 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[2]
- 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[3]
