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Ruth Pfau

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Description:A recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1979) and Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam (1989), German Staufer Medal (2015) Dr Pfau first visited Pakistan in 1960, consequently making the country her regular abode, granted Pakistan’s permanent citizenship in 1988.Holding a dual nationality of Germany and Pakistan, she also played an important role in bringing the people of two countries closer to each other.Dr Pfau set up clinics across the country. Her efforts meant that in 1996 Pakistan became one of the first countries in Asia to be declared free of leprosy.Harald Meyer-Porzky from the Ruth Pfau Foundation in Würzburg said Dr Pfau had "given hundreds of thousands of people a life of dignity".Dr Pfau was born in Leipzig in 1929 and saw her home destroyed by bombing during World War II.She studied medicine and was later sent to southern India by her order, the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, but a visa issue meant she became stuck in Karachi, where she first became aware of leprosy."Well if it doesn't hit you the first time, I don't think it will ever hit you," she told the BBC in 2010."Actually the first patient who really made me decide was a young Pathan. He crawled on hands and feet into this dispensary, acting as if this was quite normal as if someone has to crawl there through that slime and dirt on hands and feet, like a dog."She trained Pakistani doctors and attracted foreign donations, founding Pakistan's National Leprosy Control Programme and the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, which has a presence in every province.Dr Pfau also won praise for her efforts in helping the victims of devastating floods in south-western Pakistan in 2010.Here in this book, Dr Ruth describes here extraordinary work against Leprosy and her days and nights in Pakistan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with To light a candle and keep it burning. To get started finding To light a candle and keep it burning, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 236

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: PARAMOUNT BOOKS (PVT) LTD

Release: 2017

ISBN: 9696373538

Description: A recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1979) and Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam (1989), German Staufer Medal (2015) Dr Pfau first visited Pakistan in 1960, consequently making the country her regular abode, granted Pakistan’s permanent citizenship in 1988.Holding a dual nationality of Germany and Pakistan, she also played an important role in bringing the people of two countries closer to each other.Dr Pfau set up clinics across the country. Her efforts meant that in 1996 Pakistan became one of the first countries in Asia to be declared free of leprosy.Harald Meyer-Porzky from the Ruth Pfau Foundation in Würzburg said Dr Pfau had "given hundreds of thousands of people a life of dignity".Dr Pfau was born in Leipzig in 1929 and saw her home destroyed by bombing during World War II.She studied medicine and was later sent to southern India by her order, the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, but a visa issue meant she became stuck in Karachi, where she first became aware of leprosy."Well if it doesn't hit you the first time, I don't think it will ever hit you," she told the BBC in 2010."Actually the first patient who really made me decide was a young Pathan. He crawled on hands and feet into this dispensary, acting as if this was quite normal as if someone has to crawl there through that slime and dirt on hands and feet, like a dog."She trained Pakistani doctors and attracted foreign donations, founding Pakistan's National Leprosy Control Programme and the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, which has a presence in every province.Dr Pfau also won praise for her efforts in helping the victims of devastating floods in south-western Pakistan in 2010.Here in this book, Dr Ruth describes here extraordinary work against Leprosy and her days and nights in Pakistan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with To light a candle and keep it burning. To get started finding To light a candle and keep it burning, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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