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Case Studies

Mrs Khadra Marawa, Tamoon near Jenin, May 2012

58 year old Mrs Khadra Marawa is a widow from the village of Tamoon near Jenin in the very north of the West Bank.

She does not work and lives alone in her family’s old home, consisting of one room, plus a kitchen and a bathroom. To live, she depends on the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) assistance, which allows her 750 ILS – £121.00 or $196.00 – every three months.

63 year old Mrs Fawzieh Mohammad Abu Imayyer and her 77 year old husband Abed Alhadi Salem Abu Omair live in Beit Awwa, a town in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank, located 22 kilometres west of Hebron and four kilometres west of Dura.

Both Mrs Abu Imayyer and her husband are registered as refugees with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Miriam, Tulkarem, February 2012

Mariam is a three and a half year old girl who lives in Tulkarem, north-west of Nablus.

Her first contact with St John Eye Hospital was at the St John Satellite clinic in Anabta. Her family had noticed her squinting and a local Optometrist had already prescribed glasses for her. However, the family still considered Mariam’s squint to be unsightly.

Nine year old Mahmoud Dar Edwan lives in the Qalandia Refugee Camp, 7 miles (11 kilometers) from Jerusalem.

Established in 1949 by Jordan, the Qalandia Camp covers 87 acres (353 dunums) and has a population of 10,024.

36 year old baker, Majdi Zaki Asmar lives in the Askar Refugee Camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus.

Known to the St .John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem since 1991, when the 16 year old Majdi was referred to us for Keratoconus in his left eye, he was admitted to the hospital in February this year to undergo corneal graft surgery in both eyes.

Keratoconus is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve.

At the tail end of 2011, a 47 year old patient named Munther Al Dahshan presented at our Gaza Clinic suffering from a squint and failing vision.

Despite his poor eyesight, Mr Al Dahshan appeared well and intent upon getting married and starting a family. But he wanted to have his eyes looked at before doing so, and this was the first opportunity he’d had.

Suffering from gunshot wounds, Mr Al Dahshan has spent more than 29 years in prison, finally being released on 18 October 2011.

At the end of January, 2012, 80 year old Mrs Mufedeh Salah presented at our Outreach Clinic when we visited her village, Kufer Jamal, south of Tulkarem.

Mrs Salah is a widow whose husband died ten years ago and whose four daughters and two sons have all grown up and are married with families of their own.

Ahmad Rabaia, Jenin, January 2012

Ahmad Rabaia is a three year old boy from Jenin, the largest town in the north of the West Bank, and the third largest city in the occupied territory.

The only son of a young couple in their twenties, Ahmad has inherited his father’s nystagmus, as well as suffering from hypermetropia, or long-sightedness.

Hiba Karayra, Fondokomia, October 2011

At only 20 years of age, Hiba Karayra, from Fondokomia, near Jenin, already suffers from proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Diagnosed with diabetes at the age of six, Hiba barely finished the eleventh grade at school and has never worked. Her vision is very low.

Mariam Awad, Gaza, September 2011

Mariam is a 21 years old student from Gaza. In April 2011, Mariam started feeling pain in her left eye, and she was advised to visit the St. John satellite Clinic in Gaza City. She was found to have a serious infection, a corneal ulcer (microbial keratitis).