Cape Town's uneducated surgeon Mr. Hamilton, who was awarded the honorary degree of Master of Medicine who could neither read nor write let's see how this is possible.
Cape Town Medical University has a leading position in the
Medical World.
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.
Who could read an English word and could not write?
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. Who is an
extraordinary teacher, and an amazing surgeon, and who studied medical science
and surprised the human mind.
With this, the announcement, the professor took the name Hamilton and the entire auditorium
stood and greeted the cross.
It was the biggest
reception in the history of this university.
Hamilton was born in Sanitani, a remote village in Cape
Town. His parents were shepherds, he wore goatskin, and he walked in the
mountains barefoot all day, as a child, his father fell ill, so he left the
sheep and goats and moved to Cape Town. Construction was underway at the University of Cape Town in those days.
He joined the university as a laborer. He would send home as
much money as he could get after a hard day's work and he used to sleep in the
open ground by chewing gram himself.
He worked as a laborer for many years. The construction the process ended and he got the job of mowing the tennis court, 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
And
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?
They laid a giraffe on the operating table, knocked him
unconscious, but as soon as the operation started, the giraffe shook its head.
So, they needed a strong man to keep the giraffe's neck tight during the
operation.
The professor came out of the theatre, 'Hamilton' was mowing
the lawn in front, the professor saw that he was a healthy young man of strong
stature. They beckoned him and ordered him to grab the giraffe's neck. Hamilton
grabbed his neck. The operation lasted eight hours. During this time, the
doctor continued to take tea and coffee breaks, however, Hamilton stood
holding the giraffe's neck. When the operation was over, he quietly went out
and started mowing the lawn.
The next day the professor called him again, he came and
grabbed the giraffe's neck and stood up, after which it became his
routine. He worked double for many
months, neither he demanded some additional compensation for this duty and nor
did he complain. Professor Robert Joyce was impressed by his perseverance and
sincerity and Hamilton is promoted from mowing the tennis court to the lab
assistant. He now came to the university, went to the operating theatre, and
helped the surgeons. This process continued for years.
In 1958 came another turning point in his life. This year
Dr. Bernard came to the university and started heart transplant operations.
Hamilton became his assistant, during these operations, he
went from assistant to additional surgeon. Now the doctors operate and after
the operation, he was given the task of stitching. He used to do excellent
stitches. His fingers were clean and fast. He stitched fifty people in one day.
While working in the operating theatre, he began to understand the human body
more than surgeons. So, the senior doctors gave him the responsibility of
teaching junior doctors.
He now began teaching surgery techniques to junior doctors.
He gradually became the most important figure in the university. He was
unfamiliar with the terms of medical science. But he was the best surgeon in
the world.
The third turning point in his life came in 1970 when
research on the liver began this year and he identified one such liver artery
during surgery, which made liver transplantation easier.
His remarks astonished the great minds of medical science.
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 the successful operation goes directly to Hamilton.
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, walk 14 miles
to the university, and he would enter the theatre at exactly six o'clock. People
used to fix their watches with their time. He received an honor that no one in
medical science has ever received.
He was the first illiterate teacher of medical history.
He was the first illiterate surgeon to train 30,000 surgeons
in his lifetime. He died in 2005 and was buried at the university and 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 get into
practical life ......
"You know how he got this position."
"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 the giraffe's neck
It was a yes and an
extra eight hours of hard work that opened the door to success for him and him
became a surgeon.
Most of us have been
looking for a job in all our lives. While we must find work.
Every job in the
world has one criterion and job is available only to those who meet the criteria
while if you wanted to do work, you could start any work in the world in a few
minutes and no power in the world would be able to stop you.
Hamilton had found the secret, he gave importance to work
rather than a job. Thus, it changed the history of medical science.
Imagine if he applied for a surgeon's job could he have
become a surgeon? Never, but he put the hoe down and hold the giraffe's neck
and became a surgeon.
There are unemployed people fail because they just look for
a job, not for work. The day you started working like Hamilton you will win
the Nobel Prize and will become great and successful human beings.
