Ruth Pfau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ruth Pfau

German-Pakistani physician and nun

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1929

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Aug-2017

Profession: nun, woman of letters, physician writer, social worker

Nationality: Germany, Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German–Pakistani Catholic nun of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, and a physician.
She moved from Germany to Pakistan in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan.
Pakistan honoured her with a range of awards including the Hilal-i-Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam. Known as "Pakistan's Mother Teresa", Pfau contributed to the establishment of 157 leprosy clinics across Pakistan that treated over 56,780 people.Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College and Dr.
Ruth Pfau Hospital are named after her in Karachi.