page_title: Saint John Eye Hospital Group
section_title: Hospital
hierarchical_section_title: Saint John Eye Hospital Group / Hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group cloisters offer a refuge for travelling Palestinians who seek eye treatment at the hospital.
context_page_description: The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is a charitable foundation which operates an ophthalmic hospital in Jerusalem – one of six hospitals in the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network – and satellite eye care clinics and hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It is a wholly owned corporate subsidiary of the Venerable Order of St John. The Hospital Group is based in Jerusalem and is the main provider of eye care in the Palestinian territories.
context_section_description: The main Jerusalem Hospital is an ISO and Joint Commission International accredited, general eye hospital. It has a 49-bed capacity and is staffed by both foreign and local specialist surgeons, doctors, paramedics, overseas medical volunteers and nurses. There is a large Outpatients Department and specialist retinal, corneal and pediatric services. The hospital also has a research unit.
  The hospital attracts a substantial number of volunteer doctors from around the world who not only help care for the patients but also help in the teaching and training of the local doctors.
caption: St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group's Jerusalem Hospital at Sheik Jarrah
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