Sanduk Ruit

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Dr. Sanduk Ruit (Nepali: सन्दुक रूइत; pronounced [ˈsʌnduk rui̯t]) is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who has helped restore the sight of over 250,000 people across North America, Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery (RUITECTOMY) and Phacoemulsification 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", a moniker that he earned after restoring the sight of a 60-year-old woman through cataract surgery in Indonesia. 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...

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