those of man.

But Dr. Ben Gullison of
West Vancouver and Opera-
tion Eyesight International
have, through selfless
diligence and genuine chari-
ty, unlocked the secret of
bestowing that gift.

A graduate of Edinburgh
University and Nova Scotia’s
Acadia University, Gullison
took his wife, his medical
talents, and his
humanitarian instincts to
India in 1933 under the
auspices of the Canadian
Baptist Overseas Mission.
He went ostensibly to run a
hospital; he ended up foun-
ding an organization that
has spread the gift of sight
throughout the destitute
masses of the Third World.
-Gullison set up his prac-
tice in the Argoya Varam
Hospital located in the small

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FOUNDER OF Operation Eyesight Dr. Ben Gullison and wife Eviyn show off a gift from the 125-bed hospital in Sompeta,
India that he started 37 years ago... . .

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