Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows was a eye doctor for aboriginals.
Fred Hollows (1929–1993)
Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He became a doctor and began to specialise in the treatment of diseases of the eye. He traveled to England to do this and won a prize as one of the top student. After he returned to Australia, Hollows spent a lot of his time studying and treating an eye disease called trachoma which causes blindness most people in Australia had this.Fred Hollows helped set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and arranged for teams of people to travel all over the country to treat trachoma. This saved many people from becoming blind.
His work has been recognised in many ways. He was given a Human Rights Medal, an Australian Achiever Award. Given an Order of Australia Award and had a medical foundation named after him.
Fred Hollows was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He became a doctor and began to specialise in the treatment of diseases of the eye. He traveled to England to do this and won a prize as one of the top student. After he returned to Australia, Hollows spent a lot of his time studying and treating an eye disease called trachoma which causes blindness most people in Australia had this.Fred Hollows helped set up the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and arranged for teams of people to travel all over the country to treat trachoma. This saved many people from becoming blind.
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