1 FRED HOLLOWS Opthalmologist BY KIM TRAN

2 Born Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand in BY KIM TRAN

3 Biography Professor Fred Hollows was an eye doctor ( opthalmologist ). In his lifetime Fred Hollows gave thousands of people, all over the world, their eyesight back. B Y K I M T R A N

4 Fred decided to become a doctor and eventually specialise in eye surgery. BY KIM TRAN

5 In 1960, Fred got a job in Australia. Five years later he was head of the Eye Department at Sydney hospital. BY KIM TRAN

6 In the 1970’s, he helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australia. BY KIM TRAN

7 In three years the team travelled all over outback Australia. It treated 30,000 people. BY KIM TRAN Fred Hollows

8 By 1980, Fred was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries. BY KIM TRAN

9 He said “ Each year in Africa about two and half million people go blind….and they just go blind…they sit around in their huts.” Fred Hollows BY KIM TRAN

10 But by 1989 Fred Hollows knew he wouldn’t live to see all his ideas happen. He was dying of cancer. His work continues in Eritrea and other countries, by his wife. Gabi Hollows BY KIM TRAN