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Monday, May 28, 2007

Healing in a Holy Land


Healing in a Holy Land: Augusta Victoria Hospital Augusta Victoria Hospital, a health care facility funded by the Lutheran World ... all » Federation, serves both Palestinian Christians and Muslims. Here, 12-year-old Jameleh, a Muslim, comes by bus three times a week for kidney dialysis. She lives on the West Bank and cannot legally enter Jerusalem. Only papers verifying her condition allow her and a family member to pass through difficult Israeli border checks for the four-hour treatments that keep her alive. We go with Jameleh as she receives the ministry of Augusta Victoria and learn how a hospital with limited resources serves as a lifeline for more than 18,000 Palestinians each year.

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