Ruedi Lüthy treated the first AIDS patients in Zurich, and later he founded a clinic in Zimbabwe. The almost 80-year-old is following the corona pandemic from a distance, but with a knowledge advantage.
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The former AIDS doctor and founder of the Zurich Lighthouse celebrates his 80th birthday on February 17th.
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He looks almost like he used to when he worked as an AIDS expert from the very beginning in Zurich in the 1980s. Ruedi Lüthy’s steps are a little slower and his hair has turned gray, but the expression on his face is still the same. Most of the time he looks seriously at the world and looks his face directly in the eye before speaking. The conversation with him quickly reaches a certain depth.
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