Sunday 22 May 2016

Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

1929- Born in New Zealand.
1960- Moved to Australia for work.
1965- Became head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.
1970's- Helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians.
1980- Traveled all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries. 
1989- Discovered suffering from cancer.
1993 -Died in Sydney. He left his wife and their five children.

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