2017 Spring Edition

The Newsletter of St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group - The only charitable provider of expert eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem; treating patients regardless of religion, ethnicity, or ability to pay

St John celebrates International Women’s Day > PAGE 8

St John Eye Hospital goes digital > PAGE 3

NEW Pin badge Muristan Garden Opens to Public & Swift Appeal > PAGE 15

In late November Dr Michael Dan (pictured), sick and the poor, with is why we have a our Muristan Peace who together with his sensitivity and with peace garden right Garden and Museum, wife Amira funded the compassion, without next door to this eye which is attached to project. Mark Coreth our regard to ethnicity, clinic. When we close the new Muristan Eye Tree of Hope Sculptor, religion, or political the gaps in what Clinic in the Old City and landscape architect ideology. These are called the social of Jerusalem, opened Brayan Muntasser were are eternal human determinants of health to the public. also in attendance. values that can be (income, education, found in every great employment, social Dr Michael Dan said of religion of the world, status, and poverty), the opening: and also in modern we build a foundation secular society. The for peace. When we “The opportunity to rebuilding of this bring the best eye rebuild a thousand clinic, according to care in the world year-old medical these principles, to the people of clinic in Jerusalem, using literally the Jerusalem who might on its original site, same stones as a not otherwise have according to the thousand years ago, access to an eye original vision of its bears witness to clinic, we build peace founders, is a rare the indestructible in this city of peace. privilege indeed. nature of human And when we bring compassion. peace to Jerusalem For over a thousand we bring peace to the Our honoured guests years, the Order of St Health and peace go entire world.” at the opening were John has cared for the hand in hand, which Continued on page 9 ➜ Page 1 Spring 2017 CEO Update This will be an and some supporters grant from American Our HMIS system, which interesting and have had to reduce Schools and Hospitals is the digitilisation of all challenging year their donations owing to Abroad (ASHA) and The our patient records, is for the Hospital. financial difficulties of Linbury Trust to allow almost fully implemented their own. us to create a corneal (more on page 3). The political situation suite which we can use is, overall, even more We are doing all we can for refractive surgery. The new hospitals in uncertain over the to generate funds locally. This kind of surgery Gaza and Hebron as next twelve months Our fundraising office falls largely under the well as the new clinic and, whilst we stay in Jerusalem achieved so-called heading of (five months old) in our steadfastly away from above its target, we have desirable rather than old Muristan building politics, we are directly negotiated better deals essential surgery. It will (900 years old!) are and immediately with both the Palestinian allow us to charge – and all working well but need some further development in 2017.

Other challenges include fully setting up a new genetics research laboratory, reforming our training and education of young doctors, re- organising our clinical staff to be able to use them across the group to greatest effect and using our office space more efficiently.

All in all, 2017 will Tom Ogilvie-Graham showing guests around our new Muristan Museum at its opening. present a lot of challenges but we are affected by political Authority and the we hope to have one of not afraid to tackle changes. UN to obtain more the most modern units them head on. We have reimbursement for their in the country and so made so much progress We are feeling the referrals, we reduced we should have plenty recently and are all set effects of Brexit in that overtime and, sadly, are of customers – and that to continue in this vein. our income from the having to make some will generate valuable All we need to make it UK is now effectively posts redundant as well income. We are also happen is your continued 20% less owing to the as introducing some looking at renting some support, for which we are Pound’s devaluation private practice. spare accommodation and indeed very grateful! against the Shekel. In making money out of a addition, we have more Regarding the private coffee shop in the garden Brigadier Tom staff costs resulting from practice, we have of the Muristan Clinic. Ogilvie-Graham minimum wage increases been able to get a

Page 2 Spring 2017 St John Eye Hospital goes digital! St John of based on the as it connects SJEHG is the largest Jerusalem Eye Joint Commission automatically provider of ophthalmic Hospital Group International standards to either back- care in the oPt. This (SJEHG) has (the gold-standard for up, ensuring our makes it especially made further healthcare worldwide), patients’ records crucial that we have steps towards the it helps our staff are always readily accurate data for modernisation of continue to meet these available when people we treat. The its services with standards. For example needed. data will help our onsite the introduction with infection control researchers to analyse of our new Health during surgery, doctors The system has also patient information Management can no longer move drastically reduced and develop treatment Information past a certain stage of waiting times. Previously programmes. For System (HMIS). an examination without the average waiting example, we need to marking that they have performed a certain hygiene check on the system. This will reduce (our already below average) MRSA cases.

Under the previous system, patient records would also occasionally Record Office Clerk, Khaled go missing. Thankfully Zawareh, will be able to work much more efficiently thanks to this is now almost our new HMIS system. impossible as data is now stored under The project, which a maximum security was three-years in the level within the HMIS, making, has seen the meaning that patients Thousands of patient records will be secured in our digital Health Management digitalisation of our can be rest assured the Information System (HMIS). entire patient records confidentiality of their system. records is maintained. time for patients was increase research on 30 minutes - now it Diabetic Retinopathy as This has numerous There is also now takes no more than the national database benefits for our charity. a backup on the 1-2 minutes for the is lacking information Most importantly it cloud (satellite electronic file to be on the disease. We can will offer increased internet) and in uploaded. This will help now analyse accurate efficiency and quality a disaster data us to see and treat and readily available of care for our patients, recovery centre. more patients than ever data and direct the which remains our If our own server before. findings to programmes number one priority. stops working custom-developed to the down-time The HMIS is also going meet the most urgent As the HMIS was will not be more to massively help with needs of the population. custom-developed than one minute our onsite research.

Page 3 Spring 2017 USAID four-year project comes to a close United States our patient records, Agency for which will increase our International quality of care, patient Development efficiency and greatly (USAID) have aid in our on-site supported St John research into treating with an incredible eye conditions in $2 million USD for Palestine (see page 3). a four-year project entitled “Improving In total, over 33,400 patients Eye Care Services CEO Tom Ogilvie-Graham, Head of Development and Grants, David Dahdal with For Palestinians,” HE Donald Blome, US Consul General, and representatives from USAID. were reached and which drew to a screened or treated successful close perfect vision completely Finally the funding also by the funding. this January. unassisted. It is safe to aided St John in our say the surgical funding development of the Our Head of Improving Eye Care has had a truly drastic new state-of-the-art Development and Services for Palestinians impact on the lives of Health Management Grants, David Dahdal, can take many forms, the 1,500 patients which Information System, recently appeared on especially when coupled it helped to treat. the digitalisation of Palestine TV to discuss with such a generous donation. Firstly the project funded one of our two Mobile Outreach Units – allowing us to reach thousands of vulnerable patients in the most isolated communities of Palestine.

USAID also funded phacoemulsification surgeries – the most modern form of cataract treatment. This modern technology allows us to perform up to fourteen cataract surgeries per day. Patients receiving the treatment will walk in to our surgery suite with little to no vision, on the arms of a carer and often walk out with near Patient Ni’mat Kurd waiting to receive her cataract operation in our Jerusalem Day Case Surgery, September 2016.

Page 4 Spring 2017 Goodbye Dr Jeanne USAID’s support, and financial sustainability. a video on the project Another subsection was also shared on of the organisation, the USAID’s Facebook USAID’s Childhood page. You can watch Blindness Programme, both videos on our has also recently website’s news section provided $350,000 for www.stjohneyehospital. paediatric operations. org/news Over one third of surgery which takes We now look forward to place at St John is on our new collaborations children, a demographic with USAID. A which make up 40% sub-section of the of the population of organisation, American Palestine. By fixing Schools and Hospitals eye conditions early Abroad (ASHA) these children will have awarded us an go on to receive a incredible $900,000 better education and towards our new increased job prospects. corneal laser refractive surgery suite. This will We would like to take allow us to perform this opportunity to Medical Director Dr Jeanne Garth with Nursing Director Dr Ahmad Ma’ali laser eye surgery on- thank USAID for their site, which we hope will incredible support, This year we say commenting that: bring in private practice which has changed, and goodbye to our patients (the profits will continue to change Medical Director of “Naturally, I feel some for which will then the lives of thousands over fifteen years Dr sadness at leaving St feed back into treating of people in the Jeanne Garth. John, nevertheless, I our most vulnerable communities in which leave confident and patients) – helping we serve. Dr Jeanne joined St satisfied that I have us to achieve greater John as a Consultant been instrumental Ophthalmic Surgeon over my tenure in in 2001 and became developing Palestinian Medical Director in ophthalmologists of February 2002. She has a very high calibre, seen our services grow who will continue to from treating around deliver eye care of a 50,000 patients per first world standard to year to over 125,000 their people.” in 2016, and has been involved with our many Thank you for your many other achievements over years of service to St the past fifteen years. John Dr Jeanne, we wish Model of new corneal laser refractive surgery suite which American Schools you the best of luck in and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) have funded. Dr Jeanne looks back on her fifteen years, your future endeavours.

Page 5 Spring 2017 Corneal transplants performed for the The first corneal transplants being carried out in our Gaza Hospital by first time in Gaza Dr Hantash (seated). Our Jerusalem- resident, Dr Radwan, based corneal expert who was shadowing Dr Dr Abu Hantash Hantash throughout the and one of our procedures added the Medical Residents, following: Dr Radwan Junaidi visited our Gaza “God help them. How Hospital in February difficult it must be to perform 20 corneal for the Gaza patients to get through the Dr Hantash with Gaza Hospital retinal expert Dr Al’Halimi and Gaza Hospital transplants. Manager Walid Shaqura. Erez crossing. I have a doctor’s permit, I exercise all efforts for treatment. Thank This corneal transplant to provide services you so much to has been made possible can’t imagine what it is like as a patient.” that are not normally the St John for my by our new state-of-the available. Everyone treatment.” art Gaza premises which here knows the allows us to offer more Dr Walid Shaqura director of our Gaza meaning of referral It is worth mentioning services from within the from the physiological that the number of Gaza Strip. Hospital is extremely pleased to be able and emotional impact patients who are in need of it so it is great we for cornea surgeries at Dr Hantash expressed to offer this service within the Gaza Strip. can offer treatment our Gaza Hospital has his gratitude to be able here in Gaza.” reached 95 patients, to draw a smile on the Many patients could be waiting for more whereas the number of faces of our patients, The patients and their cases that need follow and stressed that this is than a year to receive a corneal transplant, families were grateful up and examination have part of intensive efforts for the arrival of Dr Abu reached 300 patients, to ease the burden “the great dilemma lies in the transfer Hantash to the Gaza making it imperative to and harsh conditions Strip to perform corneal develop our services in our people in Gaza are and supply of the required corneas transplants for their loved the area. exposed to during their ones. Abdullah Ismail, a travel from Gaza to to the Gaza Strip, especially in light of corneal transplant patient At the end of the day Jerusalem for treatment. added: however, this is a major The corneal transplant the complex Israeli procedures that step forward for eye care operations were done in “I’m very proud in the Gaza Strip and, as a record time; a day and require a high degree of coordination and that we have a Palestinian reporter Sally a half for 20 patients. He hospital in Gaza of Al Akuni surmised, also performed several follow-up with all the official authorities.” this high standard, ‘a new opportunity cosmetic operations for cleanliness and for life in Gaza.’ a number of patients and Dr Shaqura added: expertise. It’s easier You can watch the full followed up many specific for patients who report on our website cases that needed further would find it hard www.stjohneyehospital. diagnosis. The medical “However St John Eye Hospital Group will to get to Jerusalem org/news

Page 6 Spring 2017 Patient Case Study: Saja

Saja recently received and unsure of herself At St John Eye impacts on a child’s treatment at our around other people. Hospital we treat ability to learn and Jerusalem Hospital. children like Saja develop. Below is her story, in I took Saja to be every day. her mother’s words: checked at St John, With their sight fully where we met Dr Unfortunately the visible restored, children like Saja, my eldest Bashar. She was nature of eye conditions Saja have full access to child, was born diagnosed with a ptosis, such as ptosis can lead education. Good sight weighing 3.2kg. I or a droopy eyelid. After to social stigmatisation opens up many doors remember the day like the laboratory tests just like Saja received. for them, including “it was yesterday. One of and eye examinations The burden of this further education and the first things I noticed they told me they would stigmatisation is work. They will be able was one eyelid was more tighten the tendons of exacerbated for girls to support their family, closed than the other. the eye. I was worried because they can rather than being forced But when I asked the about the risks and if damage their chances to rely on them. doctors they told me that this might cause damage of finding a suitable it probably happened to the eye, but Dr Bashar partner. Young women Saja is one of the during the birth and not reassured me that it with sight issues are 42,700 children we to worry. would not cause her any therefore caught in a screened or treated at harm. In fact it was likely cycle, many already St John Eye Hospital When my second child, to improve her vision. living in poverty, without in 2016. She is my son Ibrahim, was appropriate support featured in an online born he had the same Three months post for their education, video story which you problem. This was when I operation my daughter is unable to work, not can watch at www. realised it was perhaps a like a different person! I able to meet a partner, stjohneyehospital. more serious issue. am very happy because and stuck at home org/sajas-story To as she sees herself depending on aging support children like Society is ruthless these in the mirror and how parents. Saja please get in touch days, it can be difficult. normal she looks I think via the information on Saja is very young but she’s forgotten what she Ptosis also carries the the back page or by I could already tell she even looked like before. added risk of developing contacting diana.safieh@ was being discriminated She is even prettier than limited vision, which stjohneyehospital.org. against. When she was she was before, if that Saja after her surgery, she is now much more confident amongst her peers three and began playing is possible. And most with other children she importantly her state of often got asked ‘why is mind when she is with your eye like that?’ What other children is also was worse was when much better. She can she was asked what was interact with the other wrong with her by adults children now she too. It made her very shy feels just like them. ” Page 7 Spring 2017 St John celebrates International Women’s Day As it was International had studied there. At the Women’s Day on time it was extremely Marlene Katansho in our Jerusalem Hospital Gardens, September 2016 March 8th 2017 difficult for a woman we are turning our to simply get a job in extra support and training outreach and satellite attention to the this country but being to help me earn my services we offer incredible women female at St John has qualification. This is similar especially help women who work across not hindered me at for every person, female as it is often the females our services. At St all. The hospital offers or male, who wishes to from the isolated areas John, women are a collaborative and further themselves at that are not able to afforded the same supportive atmosphere St John – they will even travel to Jerusalem to opportunity as men in to every employee – no pay for you to go abroad seek treatment. [In fact the workplace. matter of their position for further education 70% of mobile outreach One woman who or their gender. Those if they feel it will be of patients are women and knows this to be true is with children get given benefit to your career. I children.] By coming to Marlene Katansho, who the most flexible shifts could not ask for a more them we provide equal has worked her way up to help them fit work supportive environment access to eye care, from our nursing school around their lives. to develop in. proper health education to become the Clinic and new insights for a Coordinator for our new However St John doesn’t I am one of the luckiest better life and future. Muristan Clinic in the just offer employment people in the hospital Old City of Jerusalem. for women – it offers a as St John Norfolk (part My new position as career. My first training of the Priory of St John Muristan Coordinator Marlene joined our in the hospital was as England & the Islands) is truly a dream come hospital when she an Ophthalmic Licence sponsors me and have true for me. I come from was just nineteen Practical Nurse with been there for me since the Old City, so I am years of age, as one the nursing training my very first days as now helping to treat my of our first School of school. However I have a student. They are friends and neighbours. Nursing students. After been encouraged into often checking on my People living here so graduating in 1994, further training whenever progress, which inspires appreciate having the Marlene was offered my superiors see an me to reach further, and clinic so close to their a permanent position opportunity they feel I have even invited me to homes, shops and within our services would be the right fit visit them in the UK on schools and many have and her career has for. For that I attended a few occasions. I am complimented me on the flourished ever since. Bethlehem University excited to be delivering beautiful transformation and gained a degree in a talk on my experiences the building has had in Here is Marlene General Nursing, and at the St John Priory the past year. Katansho’s experience at after that I was trained Symposium in London St John in her own words: again in St John Nursing on 8th May. Other than the vital role School as an Ophthalmic of running the clinic and When I got my Nurse Practitioner. Along with helping treating our patients, job at St John I Throughout my degree women under their I’m also really enjoying felt incredibly lucky. It St John ensured I had employment, St John playing tour guide to the was recommended to flexible shifts to fit in with also aids women in the many tourists who visit “me by my friends who my studies and offered wider community. The our new Muristan Peace Page 8 Spring 2017 Women in our Theatre Team celebrate International Women’s Day with a “We are worse off, all of us, including handmade cake from the Jerusalem Hospital kitchens. men and boys, if our society is not developing and empowering 100% of the resources of humanity, including women, and girls ” Sally Kohn (American lawyer and political commentator)

Garden and Museum. We would like to take As a local it’s great fun this opportunity to to show off my beautiful applaud our women home, and as a member working across of the St John family I our services, and am proud to show off the Palestinian women in fantastic work that we do. general. We promise Please do come visit our to strive to continue new clinic and see for to open eyes and yourselves, I’ll gladly open doors for you. Fida Odeh, one of the winners of the Jacqueline show you around. ” Jaidy MBE Cup for Nursing Excellence

An aerial shot of our new Peace Garden.

➜ Continued from page 1 loyal supporters Mr Peter Garden. Likewise our Do you have a trip Goltra wrote a beautiful bronze swift sculptures planned to Jerusalem If there were more poem about our swifts, have begun to migrate this year? Please drop people with Dr Dan’s which is featured in our their way around the into our Muristan Clinic mindset the world Peace Garden and can world flying as far and (near the Church of would be a better place! be seen in the picture wide as Australia and the Holy Sepulchre), to Thank you for your above. the United States. If you experience the Peace moving words, and most would like to purchase Garden, Tree of Hope generous support. It is almost time for your own swift, designed and Museum with your the real swifts’ return by the world renowned own eyes! A space of As you will remember migration to the walls sculptor Mark Coreth, tranquillity in the hustle from our last issue, our of Jerusalem, and we you can fill the donation and bustle of the Old Peace Garden features are hoping they will be form on the back of City, we look forward to our beautiful Tree of attracted by our new this newsletter, visit our welcoming you. Hope and its canopy of nest boxes which have online shop or contact us swifts. One of our other been placed in the Peace on 0207 253 2582.

Page 9 Spring 2017 Graduation Celebrations at our Nurse Training Programme in Gaza

A massive shared her experiences Graduate Maysoon takes a selfie with Nursing School Head Lecturer congratulations to with us: Nasrallah Khalileh and a fellow graduate. the 15 nurses who received their diploma “I was so lucky to be in ophthalmic care in selected in St John, Gaza in January! though I am just starting my first step This is a course run every on my career, the two years to train nurses, teaching staff gave me working for St John Gaza enough confidence to but also other healthcare complete my training. institutions, in specialist St John is an entity ophthalmic care. Here to me that is not they can be seen with just a place to help their diplomas and former sick people - it has Hospitaller Tony Chignell. a complete mission to brighten our One of the recent community and help graduates Maysoon, has us to achieve the best and be the best.”

Our Ocularist Sa’eda Qawas completes advanced training at Aravind Institute

Although a competent Institute in India. She Sa’eda Qawas at work with one of her prosthetic eyes in her Jerusalem ocularist, having very much enjoyed the Hospital workshop, February 2017. completed a course at experience of learning Moorfields Eye Hospital new skills at an extremely over 15 years ago, busy department serving a Sa’eda knew she would diverse community. benefit from acquiring new skills to support During her training, ophthalmologists with Sa’eda acquired difficult cases of deformed additional skills in the eye sockets. In November arts of fitting, shaping, relies heavily on She is now able 2016, thanks to generous and painting ocular adapting prosthetic to provide a more funding from Consolidated prostheses. She has eyes that are ready comprehensive and Contractors Company, mastered the intricate made, which are often higher quality of Sa’eda underwent a three art of creating custom not designed for people care for our patients. week ocularist intensive designed eyes. As a with dark eyes, which is Congratulations on your training course at Aravind result she no longer common in Palestine. new qualifications Sa’eda!

Page 10 Spring 2017 Employees CEO, Tom Ogilvie-Graham receives of the treatment at St John Eye Hospital month

If you would like to sponsor any of these individuals please get in touch.

October 2016: Majed Edwan (Maintenance/Technician) has won employee of the month as he is a team player, hard worker, cooperative and can tolerate pressure, especially during the implementation of our HMIS. Tom Ogilvie-Graham (centre) with Jamil Abu Hani, Dr Bashar and Manal Obeidiyeh, the medical team responsible for his operation, snapping a pic post successful operation. November 2016: Tamer Hreibat One of the conditions a surgical patient but the both expatriates and (Staff Nurse) commonly found service here was a good locals coming to has won employee of in the dry, dusty as any he has seen. Not a deliver their babies the month as he is an conditions of bad recommendation! in our Holy Family experienced nurse, Palestine is chalazion. Hospital – and I know always available when Denis Sevaistre, the it is the same for needed and strives for The CEO was afflicted CEO of the Holy Family those needing eye future development. with this and needed Hospital in Bethlehem, treatment who head a small operation in also recently received to St John. When I December 2016: January. It was an treatment at our began to struggle Cassandra Ali opportunity to see the Jerusalem Hospital: with a cataract in my (Staff Nurse) operating theatre staff right eye the obvious has won employee of in action and nothing “An attribute the Holy choice was to seek the month as she is very concentrates the mind Family Hospital and treatment at SJEHG. active, flexible, shows better than being on the St John Eye Hospital initiative and she is doing receiving end! Tom found Group (SJEHG) share I was not a great role in helping in that Dr Bashar, Theatre is our commitment disappointed - I all clinical areas. Coordinator Jamil and all to delivering the received exemplary the staff were fantastic, highest standards treatment from the January 2017: calm, reassuring, of care possible to surgery team there, Khawla Ghaith professional and very our patients. It is the likes of which you (Staff Nurse) efficient throughout – this commitment would find anywhere Khawla has won having broken, dislocated that gives our else in the world. I employee of the month as or ruptured well over 30 institutions such a highly recommend she is a hard worker with bones, joints and tendons brilliant reputation SJEHG to anyone good communication skills during his Army service, in the region. I am needing treatment in with other departments Tom is no stranger being always happy to see the region.” and is flexible.

Page 11 Spring 2017 Former Hospital Warden, Dr Keith Batten treating a patient in our Jerusalem Former Trustee Hugh Peppiatt Hospital, mid 60s. (Photo credit: Humphrey Spender, 1991) In Memory Dr Keith Batten CBE KStJ However, it is his unrestricted this has gone Eye Hospital. involvement with St John on to have a tremendous He was a beloved It is with great sadness Eye Hospital Group impact on the work of our husband of Claire, loving that we announce the for which we are most charity, and continues to father of five, and devoted passing of Dr Keith Batten. grateful for. Sir John this day to provide much grandfather to his 20 was made a Grade needed funding. grandchildren. Dr Batten served as II Knight, the second the chief surgeon and highest honour in the Through Sir John’s A service of thanksgiving Hospital Warden for a Order in 2013. He was support of our nursing and a memorial service decade between1969 certainly worthy of this training programme, were held in his memory, to 1979, and later as accolade - as he was one doctors training and with all donations in his our Hospitaller between of our longest-standing patient relief fund, to memory going towards St 1989 and 1992. He supporters. name a few of his areas John Eye Hospital Group oversaw many of the of interest, one can – raising an incredible momentous occasions in say that thousands of £3,880. We would like to the history of our hospital Palestinian patients thank Claire and the rest of and left an incredible have had their lives the family for this generous impact on the region transformed as well as gesture which will surely through his service. dozens of staff. be put to great use in our Above is a happy memory services. Our sympathies of Dr Batten treating one Our thoughts are with his are with you all. of our patients. Sir John Swire, one of our longest- wife Moira and their three standing supporters, passed away children at this time. Phyllida Stewart- in December 2016. Our thoughts are with his Roberts CVO OBE DStJ wife Patricia and family at He served in Palestine as Hugh Peppiatt CStJ this time. liaison officer and it was Phyllida Stewart-Roberts, here in 1948, he learned Former Trustee Hugh who has died aged 82, Sir John Swire CBE KStJ of our work on a visit to Peppiatt passed away devoted most of her the hospital and began peacefully in December, life to voluntary public It is with regret we his lifelong association surrounded by his family. service, notably as an announce the death of with our charitable cause. Hugh served on our ambassador for St John one of our most loyal Board of Trustees from Ambulance and as a supporters, Sir John Swire. Since this first visit he 1999 to 2006, as a popular Lord Lieutenant has almost annually trusted legal advisor for of East Sussex. Sir John was the head of given major gifts towards St John Eye Hospital a family trading empire the charity through his steering the Group to Not only did she have – the Swire Group. trust - an incredible new strengths throughout a passionate belief in Throughout his life the almost seven decades of his tenure. the work of St John already thriving company commitment. His loyalty Ambulance, she was also was steered to greater was reaffirmed when in He was well qualified a staunch supporter of success as they fully 2013 he gifted St John for a position on our the Eye Hospital, and embraced the emerging Eye Hospital Group with Board as a former senior showed her support strengths of the Asian a £1 million endowment partner of Freshfields and through her active markets. fund. As it was Chairman of Moorfields membership in our Guild.

Page 12 Spring 2017 Upcoming Events Annual Visionaries Forum Thursday 27th April If you are a regular giver or legacy pledger please get in touch for more information

Supporter’s Corner: Bishop Waltham’s Ailsa Williamson-Powell Garden Fair Sunday 30th April “To those of us with Please join for some fun access to state- in the sun in the beautiful provided healthcare, Wintershill Hall Gardens! we can often forget There will be refreshments, what a burden the crafts, birds of prey, a cost of medicine hog roast, an ‘ask the can be. St John gets expert gardener’ session, money quickly to musical entertainment where it is intended. and much more! Ailsa Williamson-Powell with Fathi Quasi and John Hougham, former The pleasure of Commander of St John Kent, 2011 helping to restore Vision Express sight is immense.” It was a truly inspirational – he’s a very talented Sunday 18th June Ailsa Williamson-Powell, experience. I was moved individual. Get yourself on the right Regular Giver by what a positive impact track with our luncheon on the charity was having in As a result of my a Golden Arrow Pullman Ailsa Williamson- an area of deprivation and fantastic experience steam-hauled train, in aid of Powell, an orthoptist political difficulty. It was with St John, and with our work. Tickets are £100 from Buckinghamshire, fantastic getting to work understanding the true + £100 suggested donation has been involved with with the hospital staff, importance of sight, I and include a journey on the our charity for many who were so professional have chosen to set up a historic locomotive through years. From her first and welcomed me into personal Regular Giving beautiful scenery with a involvement as a medical their team. donation. drinks reception and three volunteer in 1987 to her course lunch and wine. current regular giving and Since my experience At the end of the day volunteer work Ailsa is an volunteering I have also the positive work of Gift of Sight Fair active and valued St John had the pleasure of the charity, in terrible Wednesday supporter. In her own representing St John Eye political circumstances, 29th November words she describes why Hospital with the Kent can only continue our work is so significant: County Priory Group. Our with financial help. Our ever popular Gift of Priory Group fundraise Sight Fair is back for another I first heard of to sponsor the hospital’s Regular Giving makes day of festive fun! Get your St John when I Medical Engineer Fathi up the backbone of” Christmas shopping done met Judith Musallam (the Quasi, who studied at our funding, ensuring in style at the exquisite current Senior Orthoptist Kent University as part we have a regular flow Chelsea Old Town Hall, with “at St John) when we of his training. I have of income year round, independent and ethical were colleagues at had the pleasure of ready to invest where it crafts, fashion and food. Kings College in London. meeting Fathi on several is most needed. If you There were vacancies occasions on my return would like to set up a Please contact Diana advertised to become visits to the hospital. It regular donation please Safieh(diana.safieh@ a Medical Volunteer is great to personally contact our office (see stjohneyehospital.org/ with St John and she connect with him, and back page) or go online - 0207 553 6960) to register encouraged me to get see exactly where our www.stjohneyehospital. your interest in any of involved. sponsorship money goes org/support-us our upcoming events.

Page 13 Spring 2017 Priory Funding 2016: Australia - £146,000 Canada - £242,000 England - £407,000 £ New Zealand - £139,000 Scotland - £112,000 USA - £1,760,000 Wales - £40,000

Australia - $179,000 Canada - $299,000 England - $500,000 $ New Zealand - $172,000 Scotland - $138,000 USA - $2,267,000 Wales - $49,000

• The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust • Johanniterhjälpen • The Kadoorie Charitable Foundation Funding Today • Mrs Julietta Khoury None of our work would be possible without our • The Knights Templar kind donors, whose generosity allows us to continue • Sir Ian Gainsford (In Memory of saving sight and changing lives. We would like to thank Professor Anthony Mellows) everyone who gave to us in 2016, and everyone else • Medical Aid for Palestinians UK who has taken part in or organised any fundraising • The MBC Heritage of Islam Trust activities on our behalf. • The New Zealand Embassy in Ankra Major Donors 2016: • Mrs Denise Magauran • American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) • Mrs Elizabeth Mellows (In Memory of her husband • The Estate of Mrs Sheila M Bell Professor Anthony Mellows) • Dr & Mrs Anthony N Bethell • Mr Guy Morton • Attalla Contracting Company • Dame Mary Perkins DBE • The Big Heart Foundation: Salam Ya Seghar • The PF Charitable Trust • The Estate of Gwyneth Rosemary Botting • The Park House Charitable Trust • The Brillig Charitable Trust • The Pilkington Charities Fund • The British Humane Association • Pro Victimis Foundation • The Bryan Guinness Charitable Trust • The Representative Office of Czech Republic to the • The Cadogan Charity Palestinian Authority • CHK Charities Limited • The Secretariat of the Alliance of the Orders of St John • Children of Peace • The Sobell Foundation • Christian Blind Mission (CBM) • The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) • Christian Foundation of the West • St John Association Malaysia • The Clothworkers’ Foundation • St John Commandery in Western Australia • Mr Mark Coreth • St John Fellowship • The Estate of Mrs Jaqueline Alice Cummins • St John Fundraising Guild • The David & Ruth Lewis Family Charitable Trust • Mr Michael D Swan • The Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation • The Tamari Foundation • The Edwina Mountbatten & Leonora Children’s Foundation • The Thriplow Charitable Trust • Mrs Tara Elliot • The Estate of Pauline M Tullett • The Eranda Rothschild Foundation • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) • The EU Partnership for Peace Programme • The United States Agency for International • The Evan Cornish Foundation Development (USAID) • Fred Hollows Foundation • USAID Child Blindness Fund • Mrs Caroline Gavin • The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for • The German Federal Ministry for Economic Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Cooperation and Development (BMZ) • The Valentine Charitable Trust • The GNC Trust • Welfare Association • The Gosling Foundation Limited • Mr & Mrs Robert Wilson (In Memory of • The Hugh Symons Charitable Trust Olivia Marie Wilson Scott) • Jersey Overseas Aid Commission (JOAC) • World Diabetes Foundation (WDF)

Page 14 Spring 2017 Gifts from Hospital Wish List St John All items are urgently needed across our Shop services, any donations would be greatly appreciated. Each item has an average 10 year lifespan. Over one million patients will use our services in that timeframe – your donation will be a major part of their individual story. Significant Swift Appeal donations can lead to a potential naming opportunity. Sponsored: £3,950 (USD$5,000) Staff Uniform Presentation is key in a hospital which to sponsor one of 150 £20 (each) prides itself on its standards. Help to birds on the tree itself in fund one, ten or 100 uniforms and the Old City (you will also keep our staff looking their best. NEW receive a large swift to take home). Your name or Lapel Pin - £5.00 Direct Equipment used across our that of a loved one will be associated with your bird. Ophthalmoscope services daily to examine the £1,000 retina, the first window into a Large patient’s eyes. Two are needed. £850 (USD$1,100) to buy a large swift NEW Treatment Chair used when performing our Mini Chair most common procedures, will see Phone Battery Charger (with all connectors) £350 (USD$450) £4,000 thousands of patients treated over £10.00 to buy a mini swift its 10 year life.

Ophthalmic You will be familiar with Ultrasound ultrasound checks in pregnancy Probe – but a similar technology can £8,200 be used on the eye to provide advanced diagnosis for a range of issues.

Research Unit Help St John make history Infrastructure by providing funding for the Tote Bag - £3.50 £12,000 infrastructure of our new Research Unit, where we will be looking into new treatments for genetic eye conditions. Flashlight Pen - £5.00 Muristan Leave your mark on one of the Furniture and most famous areas in the world To order by phone: Coffee Area – the Old City of Jerusalem by Please call £20,000 funding the furniture for our St John Blank cards: 0207 553 6960 SJEHG Coat of Arms or (out of a total Muristan complex. to pay by card St John Logo - £4.40 £30,000) (107mm x 107mm) To order by post: Complete order form Retinal Laser Used in treatment of diabetic on back £24,600 retinopathy, one of the most All prices include common eye conditions in postage & packaging Palestine. Funding this equipment 4GB USB Memory (except Swift Appeal, see will have an impact on thousands Stick - £8.00 back for details) Page 14 Spring 2017 of lives in the region. Two needed. Page 15 Spring 2017 Contact Us: Via email [email protected] Via phone 0207 253 2582

Order Form Item Cost per unit Number of units Total (£) Sponsor a swift on the tree itself in the Old City £3,950 (includes a large swift to be sent to your home) Please add postage Postage (UK £20, Europe £35, USA £65, Australia £90, please contact office for other destinations)

Large Swift - Postage (UK £20, Europe £35, USA £65, £850 Australia £90, please contact office for other destinations) Please add postage Mini Swift - Postage (UK £20, Europe £35, USA £45, £350 Australia £50, please contact office for other destinations) Please add postage Lapel Pin £5.00 Phone Battery Charger £10.00 Blank Card - SJEHG Group Coat of Arms £4.50 pack of 10 Blank Card - St John Logo £4.50 pack of 10 Flashlight Pen £5.50 4GB USB Memory Stick £8.00 Tote Bag £3.50 Merchandise total Donation (optional) Total to be paid Donation Form

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