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Jan 24, 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 100 years old
Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
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About Catherine Hamlin
- Elinor Catherine Hamlin (née Nicholson), AC, MBBS, FRCS, FRANZCOG, FRCOG (born 24 January 1924), is an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist who, with her husband, New Zealander Dr.
- Reginald Hamlin, co-founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, the world's only medical centre dedicated exclusively to providing free obstetric fistula repair surgery to poor women suffering from childbirth injuries.
- They also co-founded an associated non-profit organisation, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. Hamlin has been recognised by the United Nations agency UNFPA as a pioneer in fistula surgery for her development of techniques and procedures for obstetric fistula treatment.
- The Hamlins, together with the hospital staff, have treated more than 55,000 women to date for obstetric fistula.
