Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Fred Hollows(1929-1993)

                             


                     Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

                         
  • 1929- born in New Zealand

  • 1960- got a job in Australia 
  • 1965-  head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.
  • 1970-  helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians.
  • 1980-  travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries.
  • 1989-  Hollows knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas happen.
  • 1993-  died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children.            

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