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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are proud to announce that in 2012, the St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group cared for 111,498 patients. This achievement is no small feat as we have almost doubled the number of patients that walked through our doors back in 2006.

The breakdown is as follows:

At the main hospital in East Jerusalem we saw 44,238 patients.

At the Anabta clinic we saw 20,097-6,614 under the age of 18.

Despite the ongoing problems in Gaza, our staff treated 24,369 patients-6,656 under the age of 18.

The presentation of the Gandhi International Peace Award 2012 to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group has taken place at the House of Lords.

New Chairman, Nicholas Woolf received the award from Gandhi Foundation President Lord Parekh in a formal ceremony on the evening of 14 November.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Woolf especially acknowledged the contribution and dedication of SJEHG staff, saying that those he met through the course of his duties as Chairman had,

It is with great heaviness of heart that the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group must share the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague, Saul Merin, Professor of Ophthalmology at Israel's Hadassah Medical Center and part-time consultant at our East Jerusalem Hospital.

New Case Study Posted

Read about nine year old Diya Dweikat from the Balata Refugee Camp in the northern West Bank. Already suffering from metastasised neuroblastoma, Diya's family could not afford to pay for surgery to sort out the squint that was also affecting him...

Hospital Group Recognised in Prestigious Honour

We are delighted be able to announce that the Trustees of The Gandhi Foundation have chosen to award The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award for 2012 to The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group.

New Case Study Posted

Read about 23 year old Baha Salim, who came to us eight years after a gunshot to the eye had left him unable to even wear a prosthesis. Preeminent Ocuplastic Surgeon Mr Tony Tyers was able to reconstruct Baha's eye on a recent voluntary trip to our Jerusalem Hospital.

The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is delighted to announce that we have received a donation of $1 million from His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, as a first installment towards the cost of developing our new Day Case Hospital in Gaza.

The cheque was presented to the Hospital Group Team by Dr. Saeb Erekat yesterday, 23 May 2012, on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas.

New Case Study Posted

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.