Gaza help
Volunteers at the St John Eye Hospital in
Jerusalem are continuing to provide care to the
community despite the fragile situation in
Gaza.
The conflicts in Gaza have had
profound effect on the
communities there and the hospital itself. At
present the hospital is not treating any serious eye cases as a
result of the conflicts but this is likely to change when people
are confident enough to travel. Read the
latest situation report from the hospital’s Chairman, John
Talbot.
The St John Eye Hospital is one of the two foundations of the
Order of St John (the other being St John Ambulance) and was
founded in 1882.
It is the main provider of eye care in Gaza, the West Bank and
East Jerusalem, where blindness caused by eye disease is 10 times
more common than in developed countries. In 2008, the hospital’s
programmes treated over 83,000 patients – irrespective of race,
religion or ability to pay.