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Stan Brock Was 26 Days From Medical Help. He Made Sure Others Wouldn’t Be

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Stan Brock Was 26 Days From Medical Help. He Made Sure Others Wouldn’t Be.

Stan Brock learned what being far from medical care really meant after a horse badly injured him in the wilderness of what was then British Guiana. He was working on Dadanawa Ranch, surrounded by thousands of square miles of savannah and rainforest, where horses, cattle, bush planes, and long distances were part of daily life. When he was hurt, the nearest doctor was roughly 26 days away on foot.

He Helped Thousands See Again With a $4 Eye Lens

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He Grew Up Days From a Doctor. Then He Gave Sight Back to the Poor.

Sanduk Ruit grew up in a remote Himalayan village in eastern Nepal, where reaching the nearest school meant walking for nearly a week. Getting medical treatment was even more difficult. When he was 17, his older sister died of tuberculosis. It was a devastating loss, especially because the disease could be treated if someone received … Read more