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| History |
Professor Fredrick Hollows AC, MB ChB (NZ), DO (LOND),
FRCS, FRACO (9 April 1929 - 10 February 1993), a
highly honored and influential eye surgeon in Australia,
well known for his humanitarian work in developing
eye care facilities around the world, especially
in developing countries, envisioned the concept
of a state of the art manufacturing facility of
intraocular lenses in a developing country. Having
visited Nepal as a consultant to the World Health
Organization (WHO) in 1985, he was aware of the
eye care needs of Nepal.
Dr Sanduk Ruit M.D. FRACO, a highly skilled and
respected surgeon in Nepal is the first Nepali doctor
to perform cataract surgery with intraocular lens
implants. He has also pioneered the use of microsurgical
extra-capsular cataract extraction with posterior
chamber lens implants.
Dr. Ruit had a special friendship with Prof. Fred
and both shared the same outlook on life, medical
philosophies and vision – of a world where
no one is needlessly blind. In the early 1990s Prof.
Fred and Dr. Ruit, joined together to overcome the
obstacles faced by Nepal by building a state–of-the-art
laboratory in Kathmandu.
Fred had decided to work towards raising money needed
to build high-tech intraocular lens manufacturing
laboratories and the establishment of Eye care infrastructures
with modern operating facilities.
The
Fred Hollows Foundation was launched in Sydney,
Australia on 3 September 1992, (just five months
before Professor Fred Hollows passed away) as a
not-for-profit, community-based, non-government
development aid organization. Today the Fred Hollows
Foundation has grown to become one of the pioneer
institutions involved in blindness prevention of
the world.
The Fred Hollows Intraocular Lens Laboratory Kathmandu
was funded by Fred Hollows Foundation, who assigned
engineers from Australia and New Zealand for design
and construction. With the on going technical assistance
over the years, the Kathmandu Laboratory is in its
present status as a world class manufacturer of
intraocular lenses.
The FH IOL Lab- Kathmandu salutes the vision of
the late Professor Fred Hollows. |
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