Discovered cures
This is the story of surgeon Hamilton Naki
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It was founded in 1829 as the South African College, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest university in Africa.
The story begins in a village called Engsingen in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. A boy named Hamilton Naki was born in this village to a family of sheep herders. He used to wear sheep skins and tended sheep in the mountains. His father is usually sick to earn the money he came to Cape Town. In those days, the University of Cape Town was under construction, so he started working there as a labourer. Whatever money he earned, he would send it back home to his ailing father. By the time he left the next day, he would have enough to eat and sleep in the open near the construction site. For many years he worked as a laborer and after construction was completed he joined the university workforce as a horticulturist. He was assigned to mow the lawn around the tennis court. For three years he arrived at the tennis court on time every day and started working.
University professor Robert Goetz was researching giraffes to see why they didn't faint when they lowered their necks to drink water. He had given the giraffe anesthesia, but during the operation the giraffe's neck had started to move, so he needed a strong man to hold the giraffe's neck so he could get answers. When Professor Gotts came out of the surgery, he saw a strong, healthy man named Hamilton. He called Hamilton into the operating room and told him to grab the giraffe's neck. Hamilton quietly agreed. The research mission took another 8 hours. During these 8 hours, the professor and his staff took tea breaks, but Hamilton held the giraffe's neck. After the surgery, Hamilton came out of the operating room and started mowing the lawn.
The next day, Professor Goetz again called Hamilton to hold the giraffe's neck. This slowly became a habit for Hamilton, who would come to the university, mow the lawn for a while, then capture various animals to assist the professor in his research. During this time, Hamilton never asked for a raise for doing two different jobs. Impressed by Hamilton's honesty and dedication, the professor promoted him from gardener to lab assistant. He now began to work with various surgeons in the laboratory and operating theatres, and this process continued for many years.
In 1958, Dr. Barnard came to the university to perform open-heart surgery on animals, and Hamilton was his assistant. He carefully watched Dr. Barnard's work during the procedure and after assisting Dr. Barnard in operations, Hamilton was promoted from assistant to additional surgeon. He found excellent activity during sutures after the operation. So now his primary duty was to stitch up the animals after surgery. He became an expert stitcher, able to stitch more than 50 animals a day.
Having gained experience in the laboratory over the years, he is now entrusted with the responsibility of teaching various procedures in the laboratory and operating theater to junior doctors. Although he was illiterate and ignorant of medical terms, he turned out to be a better surgeon than most.
In 1968 he helped develop a new technique for animal heart transplantation and in 1970 he developed new techniques for liver transplantation. Hamilton reached these milestones through hard work, positive thinking and a willingness to move forward without complaining. He was associated with the university for 50 years.
He leaves home at 3 am, walks 14 miles and enters the operating room at 6 am. His punctuality would set men's clocks. During these 50 years he never asked for a raise, he never complained about working hours, he never complained about not being given more facilities with promotions, but there was a time in his life when his earnings and perks exceeded what he was earning. came He is a known illiterate teacher of medical history.
An ignorant surgeon who taught thousands of surgeons in his life. A transformation in Hamilton's life happened when he said “yes” to an opportunity that knocked on his door. He died in 2005 and was buried in the university.
The respect he earned can be seen in the fact that after graduation, university graduates first visit his grave to get a picture and enter their practical lives. He received an Honorary Master's degree from the University of Cape Town in 2003, apart from a scholarship instituted by the University of Cape Town in his name.
Mr. Hamilton Naki, illiterate surgeon of Cape Town
The hero behind the first heart transplant in 50 years
Uneducated surgeon in Cape Town
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