ABOUT Ruth Pfau
Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German-born Pakistani. She had four sisters and one brother. Her home was destroyed by bombing during World War.
Ruth Pfau Early Life
Ruth Pfau, a German doctor is famous in Pakistan for treating leprosy and tuberculosis patients over half a century has died aged 87. Pfau’s Karachi-based centre now has 157 outposts across Pakistan. Pfau was known in Pakistan as the “mother of leprosy patients” and was estimate by Radio Vatican in 2014 to Mother Teresa, another late Roman Catholic nun revered in India.
Pfau’s deciding moment, she describe decades later, came while visiting a leprosy ghetto behind a Karachi railway station and watching a disable man crawling on his hands and knees.In 1979, Pakistan’s government appointed Pfau as national adviser of leprosy and tuberculosis-control programs at the rank of state secretary.
Ruth Pfau Death Reason
In the early morning on 10 August 2017, around 4:00 a.m. PST, Pfau died at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi after being admitted there due to respiratory problems on 4 August 2017. Pfau had been dealing with several health problems due to her advanced age, including kidney and heart disease, for which she had been undergoing treatment for several years.
Dr. Ruth Pfau Age, Death Cause, Biography
| Bio | |
| Full Name | Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau |
| Nickname | Pakistan’s Mother Teresa |
| Profession | Nun, Physician, Writer |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 163 cm |
| in meters- 1.63 m | |
| in feet inches- 5’ 4” | |
| Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 55 kg |
| in pounds- 121 lbs | |
| Eye Colour | Hazel Brown |
| Hair Colour | White |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 09-Sep-29 |
| Birth Place | Leipzig, Germany |
| Date of Death | 10 August 2017 (around 04:00 am PST) |
| Place of Death | Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Age (at the time of death) | 87 Years |
| Death Cause | A prolonged age-related illness |
| Resting Place | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Virgo |
| Nationality | German, Pakistani |
| Hometown | Leipzig, Germany |
| School | Not Known |
| College/University | University of Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany |
| Educational Qualification | A Degree in Medicine University of Mainz |
| Family | Father- Name Not Known |
| Mother- Name Not Known | |
| Brother- 1 | |
| Sisters- 4 | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Hobbies | Doing Philanthropy, Reading, Writing |
| Awards/Honours | 1969: Honoured with Order of Merit (Germany) and Sitara i Quaid i Azam. |
| 1979: Honoured with Hilal-e-Imtiaz. | |
| 1989: Honoured with Hilal-i-Pakistan. | |
| 2002: Awarded with Ramon Magsaysay Award. | |
| 2003: Awarded with Jinnah Award for 2002. | |
| Dr Ruth Pfau With Jinnah Award | |
| 2004: Given Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, Aga Khan University, Karachi. | |
| Dr Ruth Pfau With Doctor of Science Aga Khan University | |
| 2010: Honoured with Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam for public service. | |
| Dr Ruth Pfau With Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam | |
| 2015: Awarded with the Staufer Medal at the German consulate Karachi. | |
| Boys, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Husband/Spouse | N/A |
| Children | N/A |
