Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows was born in 1929 and was born in Dunedin in New Zealand.
He immigrated on 5 Sep 1965 Because the government was interested in his social activism.
He was the doctor for the disease of the eye.
He had to travel to England to be the doctor for disease and he won a prize as one of the top students.
He had to travel to England to be the doctor for disease and he won a prize as one of the top students.
He spent a time on the Australia studying a eye disease called 'Trachoma', that can cause the patient to blindness if not treated fast. Many aboriginal suffered from this eye disease.
Fred Hollows helped the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and arranged for teams to travel all over the country to treat the 'Terachoma'.
This saved many people to become blind.
The team was sent to Africa to work on curing a common eye disease called 'cataracts'.
Fred hollows has been recognised in many ways. He was given Human Rights Medal, Australian Achiever Award, Australian of the Year, Order of Australia Award. He also has a foundation named after him.
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