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When I visited Sri Lanka after the Tsunami, I travelled with gifts of every description collected for those living in tents in the hastily thrown together refugee camps. Of all the items, reading glasses were by far the most popular. These people had lost everything – all their possessions had been swept away or destroyed by the giant waves. Without the ability to see, any hope at rebuilding any sort of life was impossible. For instance, the textile industry has always been crucial to the Sri Lankan economy and now widowed women needed good eye sight to support their families by sewing.
I will never forget meeting a woman who ...
So am I a lone voice in the British wilderness craving a delight in the concept of ‘Giving Thanks’?
It possibly goes back to my country roots of Harvest Thanksgiving and churches decorated with sheaves of corn, fruit and vegetables. When congregations the length and breadth of rural England sang their socks off to the joyful refrain: “All is Safely Gathered In” – irrespective of whether or not the harvest was actually finished and all the cereal crops had been safely ‘gathered in’. I remember summers when my father, a Norfolk farmer, was plagued by mechanical break downs which brought all harvesting activity to a worrying halt. These invariably happened at the exact same moment that the sun came out.
Despite post harvest exhaustion and constant concerns about grain dryers and moisture levels; Harvest Thanksgiving provided a comforting sense of seasonal closure and, yes, the opportunity to saying “thank you” for what had been achieved.
don’t think that it would be fair to share here Rosa’s age (I am certainly not going to tell you mine!) but I will give you a clue … after Rosa had her eyesight corrected by Dr Dan two years ago she discovered the joy of being glasses-free for the first time in seventy years.
Recently I have found myself thinking a lot about birthdays.
This is probably because my birthday calendar (a legacy from my Dutch years and a truly vital piece of organisational equipment) is jam packed full of names of friends and family at this time of year. I have also been spending hours (well, almost) browsing around card shops looking for that perfect humorous/elegant/nostalgic/loving m...
Perhaps, like me, you wonder what might be going on in the laser eye surgeon’s mind while he is operating. Obviously he is going to be extremely focussed … but on what exactly?
Dr Dan is famously quoted as saying that if a bomb were to explode in the next room and, while he was operating, he wouldn’t even be aware of it.
How then could Glenn Carp meet or even top that level of concentration...
As a school boy, Glenn Carp, knew what he wanted to do. Of course he would study medicine and become a doctor when he grew up... but a doctor of what?
What is it about the London Vision Clinic that makes it tough to leave?
As a patient, perhaps it is the fact that on each visit you are made to feel special. Your needs and questions are always answered and met with care and patience. Probably these concerns are similar to every other person who is undergoing laser eye surgery; but you are allowed to imagine that you are the only patient who ...
Returning to the scenario of sitting next to someone famous in the waiting room of the London Vision Clinic…. Should one put down one’s reading matter and offer to make them a cup of tea? Or would that appear too ingratiating for comfort?
I would have to contend that, in this situation, there can be no fixed agenda… it all depends on… well every thing from pre-op nerves to general feelings of so...
Although during her career, Dani had acquired a wide range of nursing qualifications and experiences, she had never worked with eyes before so, in April 2007, when she accepted the position at the London Vision Clinic, she found herself on another fascinating learning curve
Nursing has to be one of the most varied careers in existence: where and how nurses choose to practice their skills is only limited by their imagination
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