Fred Hollows' Vision Traditional Cache
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One thing really shocked Fred. He discovered that almost all Aboriginal people in outback communities had eye diseases. Diseases caused by dirty conditions and poor health.
Problems that could be easily avoided.
In the 1970's, he helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians. Fred was great at inspiring people. He got doctors to give their time to the program. Many other people volunteered.
In three years the team travelled all over outback Australia. It treated 30,000 people, performed a thousand operations and prescribed more than 10,000 pairs of glasses.
Fred Hollows became to be known as the 'wild colonial boy' of Australian surgery, partly because he had a deep love of the bush.
Fred had a very special relationship with Bourke. He spent a lot of time there and made many good and lifelong friends as a result. Gabi and the family treasure these friendships and the deep ties they share with the local community.
Update:
A big thanks to Nev & Fay - Avagomob who have replaced the cache on 14th June 2010.
Long live Fred.
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