Ethiopia Nominates Doctor Operating Fistula Clinic for Nobel Peace Prize

The Ethiopian government has nominated 90-year-old Dr. Catherine Hamlin for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The doctor has been running a fistula clinic for 40 years. On a beautiful compound hidden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, you can find the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Fistula is an abnormal connection between an organ, vessel or intestine and another part of the body. The fistula hospital was established by Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin and her late husband in...

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