Grey Mist Lifting

Welcome to Grey Mist Lifting!

We named our blog Grey Mist Lifting because this expression – or words like it – are commonly heard in the clinics we support. When the bandages come off after cataract surgery, patients often describe what they are experiencing. For example; “Yesterday, all I could see was a grey mist. Today, the mist has lifted. I can see again.”

We hope you enjoy the posts and we invite you to comment and join the conversation!

Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: Eye Surgery, India
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Since we started working in India in 1963, Operation Eyesight has made great strides in that country. Our program models have been endorsed by Vision 2020 India, and other organizations look to us as leaders in the eye health community. Our India projects are growing by leaps and bounds, and serving many levels of eye… Continue Reading Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!

A safer and more promising future

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Eye Surgery, Ghana
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How would you to like to work with corrosive chemicals if your vision was impaired? Like Janet Williams, some people make their living that way. Janet lives in the town of Weija, Ghana, and worked at Pambros Salt Mine, the largest salt producer in western Africa. Two years ago, she started experiencing blurred vision, causing… Continue Reading A safer and more promising future

Going ‘above and beyond’ to help restore sight

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, India
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I recently had the pleasure of talking to Peter and Yvette, two longtime Canadian donors who approached Operation Eyesight seeking help for Peter’s childhood friend living in India. While it’s not an everyday occurrence, we went out of our way to arrange eye care for her. This is Peter’s story about Josephine… “Sometimes, people go… Continue Reading Going ‘above and beyond’ to help restore sight

New role for an old friend

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, Our Work
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Previously our Director of African Programs, earlier this year Dr. Boateng Wiafe’s role changed. An ophthalmologist with over 25 years of experience, Dr. Bo is now our Director of Quality and Advocacy. He’s been working with Operation Eyesight since 1985, when he was recruited to work in Zambia on the Seventh Day Adventists’ church health… Continue Reading New role for an old friend

Ringing in the new (school) year

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: Eyeglasses
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When my kids were growing up, September always felt like “New Year’s” in our house. There was something about the fall season and the excitement of the new school year that got us back into a routine and setting goals for the coming months. We’d start going to bed earlier, register the kids for extra-curricular… Continue Reading Ringing in the new (school) year