Barefoot Surgeon - The Inspirational Story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, Eye Surgeon Giving Sight

Informationen zum Autor Ali Gripper Klappentext 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. 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. Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary the 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 of thousands of the world's poorest and most isolated people. Zusammenfassung Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary the 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 of thousands of the world's poorest and most isolated people.

Product details

• Authors: Ali Gripper
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2018
• EAN: 9781760292706
• ISBN: 978-1-76029-270-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Biography: science, technology and medicine