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Case Studies

Mr Munther Al Dahshan, Gaza, February 2012

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).

Amjad is a 25 years old man from Jerusalem who underwent eye surgery at St. John Eye Hospital that changed his life completely! He works as a crier and a guard at the famous Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but the condition of his eyes was causing his day-to day living to become more and more challenging.

Mahmoud and Mustafa Twam are brothers aged 12 and 16. Both still at school, they live with their parents, a third brother and two sisters in Ramallah. Mr Twam is a 38 year old driver and 36 year old Mrs Twam is a housewife; they are not related.

Both Mahmoud and Mustafa have been known to The St John Eye Hospital Group since their infancy. The eldest, Mustafa, suffers from Vernal Catarrh and Keratoconus. 12 year old Mahmoud also suffers from Vernal Catarrh.

Mr. Moh’d Jaradat, Idna, July 2011

70 year old, Mr. Moh’d Jaradat, lives in the village of Idna, near Hebron, with his wife, five daughters and two sons. He has a history of diabetes mellitus stretching back 17 years.

Overweight and a smoker, when Mr. Jaradat first presented at our Outreach Clinic in Idna, it was no surprise to our team that the septuagenarian was complaining of poor eyesight!

Ra’fat, 22, and Aseel, 20, are siblings from Nablus. They live with their parents and six brothers and sisters in a two bedroom apartment in Asseralh Elshamalieh, Nablus city. Only their mother is able to work and the family live on less than700 NIS (US$150) a month.

Jinna Jamil is an 11 year old patient from the village of Bedia, near Nablus in the northern West Bank. Jinna lives with her parents and her two brothers and one sister.

Mrs Jamil recently brought her daughter to our Outreach Clinic in Bedia because Jinna had been complaining of poor vision in her right eye. Her mother informed us that Jinna had suffered a trauma to her eye when she was four years old, and had been admitted to hospital to undergo corneal laceration repair.