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Read about 58 year old Mrs Khadra Marawa from Tamoon near Jenin, who came to our Jerusalem Hospital in May suffering from both cataract AND glaucoma, but with no money to pay for treatment.

Archive SJEHG BBC Appeal Comes to Light

An archive transcript of an early BBC appeal on behalf of the then St John Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem has been brought to our attention by Trustee, Colonel Mrs Sheenah Davies.

The transcript is an example of an early charity appeal on the BBC programme, “The Week's Good Cause”, made by broadcaster Wynford Vaughan-Thomas in 1966.

New Case Study Posted

Read about 63 year old Mrs Fawzieh Mohammad Abu Imayyer from Beit Awwa, who came to our Hospital in Hebron in March to be treated for cataract.

Mothers' Day in Jerusalem

It was Mothers’ Day in this part of the world last Wednesday, 21 March. Mothers at St John would have liked to celebrate it with their children, but working in a hospital consumes every letter of the saying “Duty Calls”. However, as always, the St. John family are resourceful and can manage under any circumstance.

The nurses gathered, having arranged to bring whatever contribution they could, to have a joint breakfast to celebrate their motherhood, their work and the struggle to promote a better lifestyle for their children.

Gaza Capital Appeal 2012 – 2014

Ghetto project gets Green Light!

In the Winter 2011 edition of Jerusalem Scene, we reported that we had taken possession of a plot of land in the University District of Gaza City, upon which the intention is to build a replacement Day Hospital and Clinic for Gaza.

It is currently estimated that we will need to raise in excess of £1.68m ($2.66m) between now and 2014 in order to realise this much needed project.

Visit the Hospital in Jerusalem!

The Guild of the St John Eye Hospital Group is currently devising a tour of the Holy Land, which will take place at the end of September 2012.

Visiting various sites in Galilee, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the tour will also take in the main Hospital in Jerusalem, our clinic in Anabta and the Hospital in Hebron.

Thoughts from our Chief Executive

Gaza: The Strategic Plan

A Brief Word from our Chairman

The State of Play

Why phacoemulsification, and why is it so costly?

In the oPt, as in much of the developing world, cataract remains the leading cause of preventable blindness. Around the world, there are well-established surgical techniques for removing the opaque cataractous lens and inserting a plastic ‘implant’ – or intra-ocular lens – but the challenge is to operate on as many people as possible, in the most cost-effective way and this is not so straightforward in practice.

Our Joint Training Programme

Bringing Palestinian and Israeli together

Many of you who have been supporters of the Eye Hospital Group for a while will know of our Joint Training Programme with the Hadassah Medical Centre in Israeli West Jerusalem that has been running since 2001.

Eleven years into the project, Jerusalem Scene thought it might be timely to remind our readership of the wonderful dialogue between East and West Jerusalem that is made possible by this ground-breaking venture.