Newsinc24 Team 
Noted Nepali eye surgeon, Dr Sanduk Ruit, has received this year’s Isa Award for Service to Humanity. The prestigious award, given every two years by the Kingdom of Bahrain, covers 11 categories including disaster prevention and relief, education, and human tolerance. The winner of the award, a first of its kind in the Arab world, receives a gold medal and $1 million cash amount. Dr Ruit has helped restore the sight of over 180,000 people in Asia and other parts of the world, using his low-cost small-incision cataract surgery technique. Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Special Representative of His Majesty the King and Board of Trustees Chairman, said there were 139 nominations for the award this year. “The Nepali ophthalmologist Dr Sanduk Ruit was recognised for his service to the community and achievements,” he remarked.Dr Ruit is fondly called as "God of Sight" to have saved 1,20,000 eyesight who would have otherwise gone blind in absence of treatment.
The award carries a cash prize of USD 1 million, a certificate of merit and a gold medal. Dr Ruit is pioneer in delivering high-quality microsurgical procedures in remote eye camps. He made modern eye care affordable and accessible to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is fondly called as "God of Sight" to have saved 1,20,000 eyesight who would have otherwise gone blind in absence of treatment. Dr Ruit has trained more than 650 doctors, teaching them to cure preventable blindness. He is the recipient of the Padma Shri Award by the India. The National Order of Merit of Bhutan as well as the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' congratulated senior ophthalmologist Ruit for receiving prestigious Bahrain’s ISA award.
Born in a remote area of Nepal, Ruit got his medical education from AIIMS in India through a scholarship. He came back to Nepal and joined as a government health officer. Ruit went for research to Australia where he mastered the latest techniques in cataract microsurgery, using implanted intraocular lenses. Dr Ruit returned to Nepal and introduced the new techniques in his country in 1988. Brilliant and innovative, his landmark technique helped countless people get cheap but high-quality lenses. In a service spanning more than 30 years, he set up centres that provided not only eye-care services but also manufactured extremely high-quality intraocular lenses for surgery for less than $3 apiece.
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