The world's first bypass operation took place at the same university.
Master of Medicine awarded the honorary degree of who has never seen the face of school in his life. 2/25
But one morning in 2003,world-renowned surgeon Professor David Dent announced in the university auditorium:"Today we are awarding an honorary degree in medicine to the man who produced the most surgeons in the world."3/25
With this announcement, the professor took the name "Hamilton" and the entire auditorium stood and greeted the cross. 4/25
He arrives at the tennis court every day and starts mowing the lawn. ......
He did this for three years ...
Then came a strange turn in his life. 7/25
He reached a point in medical science where no one else has ever been.
It was a mild, warm morning. "Professor Robert Joyce, researching giraffes, wanted to see:
"When a giraffe bends its neck to drink water, why doesn't it have a seizure?" 8/25
The professor came out of the theatre, 'Hamilton' was 9/25
"Hamilton" became his assistant, 13/25
Today, when a person has a liver operation in some corner of the world and the patient opens his eyes and sees the light the reward for this 17/25
"Hamilton" achieved this position with sincerity and perseverance. He was associated with the University of Cape Town for 50 years, in those 50 years he never took a vacation.
He would leave home at three o'clock at night, 18/25
He was the first illiterate teacher of medical history. 19/25
It was then made compulsory for surgeons to pass out from the university after obtaining that degree go to his grave, take a picture and then 20/25
"Only one yes."
The day he was called to the operating theatre to grab the giraffe's neck if he had refused that day, if he had said that day, I am a Grounds Maintenance Worker, my job is not to hold 21/25
"Most of us have been looking for a job all our lives. While we must find work. " 22/25
The day you started working like "Hamilton" you will win the Nobel Prize and will become great and successful human beings. 25/25