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| Fred Hollows |
Fred Hollows was an Australian eye surgeon he was born in 1929 and died in 1993. He was however, born in New Zealand.
Fred had thoughts about becoming a missionary, but didn’t and became an eye surgeon. Five years after he became an eye doctor, he was promoted to head of the of eye department at Sydney Hospital.
Fred believed that everyone had a right to see the world they where living in. He also discovered that many aboriginal community’s diseases were due to their living conditions. One of the greatest things he ever did was launch a national attack on eye diseases.
Fred inspired many doctors to join his cause and many others volunteered.
In the year 1980 he was going all around the world helping people regain there eye sight.
In his campaign to help indigenous Australians reclaim thier eyesight, he used up 10,000 pairs of glasses, cured 30,000 people and four hundred and fifty six communities were visited. He was given the nickname ‘wild colonial boy’. He has cured 62,000 aboriginals.
By Daniel
