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Br J Ophthalmol 1998;82:1096 doi:10.1136/bjo.82.9.1096f
  • In memoriam

Fred Hollows

  1. BINIAM GHEBREMEDHIN

      Fred Hollows died on 10 February 1993 in the age of 63 years after a short and valiant battle with kidney, lung, and brain cancer. In his remarkable career he had quickly risen to being a major international figure in the world of ophthalmic surgery.

      In the 1950s Fred Hollows decided as a young medical student to become an ophthalmologist because this would give him a useful skill to work in Africa. As a postgraduate ophthalmology student in Wales, Hollows studied epidemiology so that he could link eye doctoring with wide ranging community health …

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