People used to pass by them with their eyes, mouths and noses wrapped around them. A woman spent her whole life among the people with the same rotten bodies, washing their wounds and serving them. Passed away
Today is the third anniversary of this benefactor of Pakistanis, Dr. Rath Fau. She was a German doctor, surgeon and a member of the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary. Born in Leipzig, Germany, on September 9, 1929, the family of Ruth Catherine Martha Fau was forced to flee Russian-occupied East Germany after World War II. Arriving in West Germany, Ruth Fao began studying medicine and graduated from Mainz in 1949. The desire to do something in life led Dr. Ruth to a missionary organization, "Daughters of the Heart of Mary," and she made service to humanity her goal in life.
In 1958, Dr. Ruth Fau saw a film about leprosy patients in Pakistan. There were thousands of leprosy patients in Pakistan till 1960. The disease was spreading rapidly. Various philanthropists of the country had built shelters for lepers outside the cities. These residences were called leprosy premises. People used to pass near these premises with their eyes, mouth and nose wrapped. So the patient with leprosy or leprosy had two options, to die by sobbing or to commit suicide.
During 1960, the missionary organization sent Dr. Rutha Fau to Pakistan. When he came here, he saw the plight of leprosy patients and decided not to go back. He started a small free clinic in a hut in the McLeod Road leper settlement behind the Karachi railway station, which was set up in a hut. Named the "Mary Adelaide Leprosy Center", the hospital helped treat leprosy patients as well as their families. Meanwhile, Dr. IK Gul also joined them.
In view of the growing number of patients, a regular clinic was purchased in 1963 to treat leprosy patients not only from Karachi but from all over Pakistan but also from Afghanistan. After the increase in work, small clinics were also set up in other areas of Karachi and the staff was also trained by Dr. Rutha Fau.
To control leprosy, Dr. Ruth also visited remote areas of Pakistan and trained medical staff there. In order to control leprosy in Pakistan, he collected donations from Pakistan as well as Germany and set up leprosy treatment centers in several hospitals in Karachi and Rawalpindi. He was also instrumental in setting up the National Leprosy Control Program.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dr. Ruth Fau, her colleague Sister Barnes and Dr. IK Gul, Pakistan has been able to eradicate this contagious disease and in 1996 the World Health Organization, a United Nations subsidiary, made Pakistan one of the first countries in Asia. Where leprosy was successfully controlled. Pakistan was one of the first countries in Asia in this regard.
Dr. Ratha Fau passed away on August 10, 2017 at a private hospital in Karachi.
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