Jokh and his young granddaughter, Kamala, stumbled for two long, hot summer days through remote Himalayan foothills so that he could see again.
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Professor Fred Hollows examining the eye of seven year old Tran Van Giap at the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) in Hanoi (Vietnam) in 1992. Photo courtesy of www.michaelamendolia.com.
"I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other"