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The barefoot surgeon :
the inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor /

Gripper, Ali,

The barefoot surgeon : the inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor / Ali Gripper. - xviii, 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 24 cm

Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary story of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows, took on the world's medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of sight to hundreds and thousands of the world's poorest and most isolated people. It is the story of a boy from the lowest tiers of a rigid caste system who grew up in a tiny, remote Himalayan village with no school to become one of the most respected ophthalmologists in the world and a medical giant of Asia. Compelling and compassionate, it is also the story of a young doctor who became Fred Hollows' medical soul mate and who chose to defy the world's medical establishment and the lure of riches to make the world a better place.

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Ruit, Sanduk.
Hollows, Fred, 1929-1993.


Ophthalmologists--Nepal--Biography.
Eye--Surgery--Nepal.
Ophthalmology--Nepal.


Biographies.

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