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November 4, 1942 · Medicine, Vision Science & Invention

Patricia Bath Made Sight a Human Right

The ophthalmologist challenged unequal access to eye care, pioneered community ophthalmology, and invented a laser instrument for cataract surgery.

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Then

Preventable blindness followed racial and economic barriers to diagnosis, surgery, and continuing care.

Now

Bath connected clinical evidence, community outreach, surgical invention, and the principle that eyesight is a basic human right.

Next

Medical innovation must reach the people whom unequal systems have left without treatment.

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