The St John Eye Hospital

A Bridge for Peace

Bibliographic Data

ID11027449
AuthorsNava Blum (Nava Blum is with the School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, and the Department of Health Systems Administration, Max Stern Academic College of Emik Yezreel, Yezreel Valley, Israel. Elizabeth Fee is with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.), Elizabeth Fee (Nava Blum is with the School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, and the Department of Health Systems Administration, Max Stern Academic College of Emik Yezreel, Yezreel Valley, Israel. Elizabeth Fee is with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.)
Year2009
Volume99
Issue1
Pages32-33
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2008.139154
PMID19008500
PMCIDPMC2636602
OpenAlexW2065834300
LanguageEN
References cited1

The article offers information on the Saint John Eye Hospital in east Jerusalem. It is stated to be a bridge for peace in a world at war. It serves as the main center for specialized eye care in the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem. The eye hospital started in 1882, and was then located in Ottoman Empire Jerusalem. It closed in 1914, during World War I, but reopened in 1919. It is said to be the only public hospital in the region specializing in ophthalmology. It is stated to place a high priority on training local doctors and nurses. Patients are predominantly Palestinians. The hospital operates a number of satellite clinics in areas where public services are not easily available. It works to eliminate the main causes of preventable blindness

Ancient history · Blindness · Bridge (graph theory) · Empire · Eye care · Health care · Hospital care · Ottoman empire · Political science · History · Law · Medicine · Surgery · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries · Optometry

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