Dr Tadashi Hattori, a Japanese ophthalmologist, has provided sight-saving surgeries to over 20,000 poor Vietnamese. He was named one of four Ramon Magsaysay Awardees in 2022. Bookmark this page to watch Rappler’s conversation with Hattori.
MANILA, Philippines – Dr Tadashi Hattori, a Japanese ophthalmologist, has provided sight-saving surgeries to over 20,000 poor Vietnamese.For over 20 years, Hattori has been shuttling between his native Japan and Vietnam, and is also working with other doctors to train them to provide more eye surgeries to the Southeast Asian nation’s poor population.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, known widely as Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, will present the award to Hattori and the other awardees this Wednesday, November 30.– Rappler.com
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