The first death anniversary of Dr Ruth Pfau is being observed all over Pakistan today. She was a German doctor and nun, who devoted her life to getting rid of leprosy in the country.
She passed away at 87 at a hospital in Karachi on August 10, 2017. Due to her selfless efforts, Pakistan was declared leprosy free in 1996 by World Health Organisation (WHO).
People are paying tribute to the ‘Mother Teresa of Pakistan’ all over social media. Here are some tweets to about the lady who dedicated her life to the people of Pakistan.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid tribute to the German doctor in a message and said that Dr Ruth served the humanity.
In his message, the #PPP Chairman @BBhuttoZardari said that #DrRuthPfau served the humanity and for over fifty years fought dedicatedly against leprosy making the country free from the contagious disease in 1996 as declared by the World Health Organization.
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) August 10, 2018
#DrRuthPfau gave us her entire life there must be some hospital or nursing school or anything associated to medial named after her.pic.twitter.com/b99uTSBZP8
— Mehreen sabtain (@mehreen_sabtain) August 10, 2018
Pakistan’s leprosy fighter #DrRuthPfau remembered on first death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/lmqOAAo6NY
— Adv. Rameen Ashfaq (@RameenAshfaq) August 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/SindhuSorath/status/1027863376033185792
Tribute to Dr Ruth Pfau on her first death anniversary .Pakistani nation salute #DrRuthPfau .She deserve great respect for her services .
— Hafsa Iqbal (@hafsaiqbal996) August 10, 2018
