Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.

I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other

I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.

The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.

To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.

Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.