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Renowned Australian obstetrician Dr Catherine Hamlin dies aged 96

World-renowned Australian obstetrician and humanitarian Dr Catherine Hamlin has died at age 96 on the 18th March, 2020. Dr Catherine Hamlin dedicated her life to founding clinics in Ethiopia giving free obstetric fistula repair surgery.

You can read more about Catherine’s extraordinary life here.

Dr Catherine Hamlin, photograph from https://hamlin.org.au/catherine-hamlin/

 

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