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Ignaz Semmelweis: The Physician who saved lives by championing hand-washing 

Ignaz Semmelweis: The Physician who saved lives by championing hand-washing 

Ignaz Semmelweis

The practice of hand-washing which may look common and now part of our daily lives didn't just start overnight. Several painstaking findings by Ignaz Semmelweis led to the discovery which is now saving lots of lives and preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

Times like this when the world is battling deadly infectious disease like coronavirus and others like Lassa Fever, bring back memory of men and women who have walked this land with novel discoveries, that may look ordinary, but hav...

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