Sanduk Ruit
Sanduk Ruit | |
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| सन्दुक रूइत | |
Ruit in 2011 | |
| Born | September 4, 1954 Olangchung Gola, Nepal |
| Alma mater | King George's Medical College AIIMS Delhi |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist |
| Office | Founder and Executive Director of Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology |
| Spouse | Nanda Ruit |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia Ramon Magsaysay Award Prince Mahidol Award National Order of Merit of Bhutan Asia Game Changer Award Padma Shri Genius 100 ISA Award for Service to Humanity |
| Medical career | |
| Sub-specialties | Cornea and Cataract |
| Website | tilganga |
Sanduk Ruit (Nepali: सन्दुक रूइत; pronounced [ˈsʌnduk rui̯t]) is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who was involved to restore the sight of over 180,000 people across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery.
Ruit is the founder and the executive director of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, which manufactures intraocular lenses for surgical implantation at a fraction of the previous manufacturing cost. The low cost has made cataract surgeries slightly cheaper in Nepal.
Ruit has been referred to as the "God of Sight". He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding, considered to be the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, for "placing Nepal at the forefront of developing safe, effective, and economical procedures for cataract surgery, enabling the needlessly blind in even the poorest countries to see again." He was awarded with the ISA award, the highest civilian award in Bahrain by the king of Bahrain for developing highly affordable and sustainable ways to cure cataracts throughout the developing world with a cash prize of 1 million dollars.