Dr. Sanduk Ruit (Nepali सन्दुक रुइत ) is an award-winning Nepali eye surgeon whose small-incision cataract surgery, which utilizes inexpensive intraocular lenses, has enabled hundreds of thousands of poor cataract patients in Nepal and other countries to regain their sight. Over the last three decades, he has successfully treated over 100,000 people across the developing world, and has taught his technique to other eye surgeons.
Early life and education
Ruit was born in 1955 to uneducated parents in the remote Olangchungola Pass in Taplejung District of northeast Nepal, a mountain area of Nepal. The nearest school was eleven days away by foot in his village. However, his father, a small time businessman, placed a priority on providing education to his children, sending Sanduk to St Robert's School in Darjeeling and providing financial support to his early medical career. Ruit was motivated to practice medicine partly by the death of his sister from tuberculosis.
In 1969, Ruit received his School Leaving Certificate from Siddhartha Vanasthali School in Kathmandu, Nepal, and later was educated in India beginning in 1981 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and also studied in the Netherlands, Australia and the United States, and was mentored by an Australian Professor, Dr. Fred Hollows
Major works
Vision
For those unable to reach the center, or who live in otherwise isolated rural areas, Ruit and his team set up mobile eye camps, often utilizing tents, classrooms, and even animal stables to serve as makeshift operating roomsThe hospital also produces the advanced lenses that are needed for treating cataracts or myopia, exporting them to more than 30 countries around the world.
Media
Ruit's work in Nepal was featured in episode 5 of the BBC documentary series Human Planet.
In 2015 Ruit and his work were featured in The New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof: "In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See." The article was based on reporting in Nepal by Kristof and Austin Meyer, a graduate journalism student at Stanford University, during the trip with the winner of the 2015 New York Times Win a Trip with Nick Kristof
Awards
May 2007, Ruit was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to humanity by establishing eye care services in Nepal and surrounding countries, and for his work in teaching and training surgeons, and technical innovation".
June 2006, Dr. Ruit was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
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Dr. Sanduk Ruit (Nepali सन्दुक रुइत ) is an award-winning Nepali eye surgeon whose small-incision cataract surgery, which utilizes inexpensive intraocular lenses, has enabled hundreds of thousands of poor cataract patients in Nepal and other countries to regain their sight. Over the last three decades, he has successfully treated over 100,000 people across the developing world, and has taught his technique to other eye surgeons.
Early life and education
Ruit was born in 1955 to uneducated parents in the remote Olangchungola Pass in Taplejung District of northeast Nepal, a mountain area of Nepal. The nearest school was eleven days away by foot in his village. However, his father, a small time businessman, placed a priority on providing education to his children, sending Sanduk to St Robert's School in Darjeeling and providing financial support to his early medical career. Ruit was motivated to practice medicine partly by the death of his sister from tuberculosis.
In 1969, Ruit received his School Leaving Certificate from Siddhartha Vanasthali School in Kathmandu, Nepal, and later was educated in India beginning in 1981 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and also studied in the Netherlands, Australia and the United States, and was mentored by an Australian Professor, Dr. Fred Hollows
Major works
Vision
For those unable to reach the center, or who live in otherwise isolated rural areas, Ruit and his team set up mobile eye camps, often utilizing tents, classrooms, and even animal stables to serve as makeshift operating roomsThe hospital also produces the advanced lenses that are needed for treating cataracts or myopia, exporting them to more than 30 countries around the world.
Media
Ruit's work in Nepal was featured in episode 5 of the BBC documentary series Human Planet.
In 2015 Ruit and his work were featured in The New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof: "In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See." The article was based on reporting in Nepal by Kristof and Austin Meyer, a graduate journalism student at Stanford University, during the trip with the winner of the 2015 New York Times Win a Trip with Nick Kristof
Awards
May 2007, Ruit was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to humanity by establishing eye care services in Nepal and surrounding countries, and for his work in teaching and training surgeons, and technical innovation".
June 2006, Dr. Ruit was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Source :wikipedia
