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39-726: Augusta Victoria Compound is Community hospital and Church complex on the northern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and one of six hospitals of the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network . The compound was built in 1907–1914 by the Empress Augusta Victoria Foundation as a center for the German Protestant community in Ottoman Palestine , in addition to the slightly older Church of

78-570: A German-born butcher, settled in the Germany Colony in 1870. He raised livestock there and built a slaughterhouse on his property. His son took over the meat business after the father's death and became one of the largest meat suppliers in Jerusalem. His clients were hotels, monasteries, hostels and hospitals. An apartment in the Kübler house, on Adolphe Cremieux Street, which still has a water trough in

117-411: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up outside Café Hillel on Emek Refaim Street, killing seven people. In February 2004, another suicide bombing took place on bus #14a as it was leaving the neighborhood northwards. Eight were killed. A small stone monument was erected on top of the fence of the old train station, facing the location of the attack. It is visible from the main northern entrance to

156-494: A cancer center, a dialysis unit, and a pediatric center. In 2016, it inaugurated a bone marrow transplantation unit. It is the second-largest hospital in East Jerusalem , as well as being the sole remaining specialized-care hospital located in the West Bank or Gaza Strip . It runs 120 in-patient beds and treat a number of outpatients who come in for dialysis and radiation treatment, being the only facility serving 4.5m Palestinians in

195-481: A cancer center, a dialysis unit, and a pediatric center. It is the second largest hospital in east Jerusalem, as well as the sole remaining specialized care unit located in the West Bank or Gaza Strip. Augusta Victoria Compound was named for Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein , wife of German Kaiser Wilhelm II , who visited Jerusalem in 1898 . The architect, Robert Leibnitz, was inspired by German palaces, such as

234-458: A class of hospitals that provide continuation of care after discharge from acute hospitals, including rehabilitation and therapy. In Thailand, community hospital is a specific classification of public hospitals with a capacity of 150 beds or fewer. They serve local populations in provincial districts, providing primary care . An older term " cottage hospital " is now no longer applicable, having fallen from use because it inadequately describes

273-719: Is mentioned in the Book of Joshua and in the Second Book of Samuel . The name is derived from a legendary race of giants who lived in this region in biblical times. In 1873, after establishing colonies in Haifa and Jaffa , members of the Templer sect from Württemberg , Germany, settled on a large tract of land in the Refaim Valley, southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem. The land was purchased by one of

312-496: Is run by The Lutheran World Federation for international volunteers and guests. The hospital has a Department of Oncology which is an advanced center for cancer treatment. The department consists of the Unit for Medical Oncology, the Unit for Radiation Oncology, and the Unit for Surgical Oncology. A pediatric oncology ward for Palestinian children opened in April 2005 in a joint project with

351-678: Is used in Wales in a similar (but possibly less restricted) manner to Scotland. Some are named as community hospitals and many more are also listed as having this function. Some community hospitals have been chosen to act as a hub for services. Actual arrangements will be under legislation applicable to NHS Wales /Gig Cymru. The American Hospital Association (AHA) defines community hospitals as “all nonfederal, short-term general, and other special hospitals.” Health associations and hospital rating organizations, however, typically also say that teaching hospitals are not community hospitals. Some further restrict

390-419: Is usually short-term, in a cost-effective setting, and also focuses on preventing illnesses and not only treating them. The word community often occurs in the name of the hospital. The word community is used in the sense of a location-based community for a community hospital. The following sections describe community hospitals when referred to in specific countries. In Singapore, community hospitals are

429-574: The Arab–Israeli War . The abandoned homes in the German Colony and other parts of Katamon were used to house new immigrants. Since the end of the 20th century, the neighborhood has undergone a process of gentrification . Efforts are being made to restore old landmark buildings and incorporate some of their architectural features, such as arched windows and tiled roofs, in new construction. Numerous cafes, bars, restaurants, and boutiques have opened in

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468-514: The Cross of the Mount of Olives . Many of the building materials were imported from Germany. A 60-metre high church tower was constructed with four bells, the largest of them weighing six tons. To transport these bells from Jaffa , the road to Jerusalem had to be widened and paved. The expense was more than double the cost of transporting the bells from Hamburg to Jaffa. Augusta Victoria was the first building in

507-568: The Jewish Legion in World War I , and pro-Zionist British general Wyndham Deedes . The Park HaMesila ( Train Track Park ) runs along the German Colony's southern border with Baka. This former train track was converted into a park approximately 7 km in length and the portion that borders the German Colony has been extensively landscaped. There is a 'Bus Stop Library' located at the junction of

546-533: The Peres Center for Peace , various Italian foundations and the Hadassah University Hospital , which trained the oncologist and nursing staff. Community hospital A community hospital can be purely a nominal designation or have a more specific meaning. When specific, it refers to a hospital that is accessible to the general public , and provides a general or specific medical care which

585-525: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The hospital mission statement includes the provision of health care without regard to race, creed, gender, or national origin. The hospital currently (2022) has 171 beds. In 2022 it did 22,717 dialysis sessions, 18,800 chemotherapy sessions and 31,717 radiation sessions. In 2022, US President Joe Biden visited

624-447: The road to Bethlehem and the developing neighborhoods of Katamon , Talbiya , and Baka , which were populated by some of Jerusalem's wealthiest Arabs. One of the most famous Christian families in Hebron (Khalil) is Abu Gharbieh, which helped to improve the foundations of the city. The Arab residents of Katamon fled in 1948, in the wake of fierce battles for control of the area during

663-537: The Arab Palestinian Dr. Tawfiq Canaan , who kept this position until 1956. Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War , the campus was fortified with several bunkers. During that war the building was heavily damaged, the upper floor was devastated by fire and was only rebuilt in 1988. Today, Augusta Victoria Hospital provides specialty care for Palestinians from across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with services including

702-574: The German Hohenzollern Castle . The complex was photographed in detail in ca. 1910, along with the inaugural celebrations, by Khalil Raad , Palestine's first Arab photographer. Although officially inaugurated on 10 April 1910, the construction was only finalised in 1914. After the Kaiser's 1898 visit, he commissioned the construction of a guesthouse for German pilgrims. Private donations were collected throughout Germany and donators honoured with

741-596: The German Colony, across from Liberty Bell Park . The colorful history of the German Colony is illustrated by the mix of architectural styles found within a relatively small area. One finds Swabian-style homes, examples of late provincial Ottoman architecture and British Art Deco from the Mandatory period, within close proximity. An example of British architecture is the Scottish Hospice and St Andrew's Church, built in 1927, decorated with local Armenian tilework. Some of

780-502: The Nazi party in 1934. In the mid-1930s, when the building was about to reopen as a hostel run by Deaconesses , the management decided to bar Jewish guests to preserve the institution's Christian character. During World War II , the compound was again used as a hospital by the British. Under Jordanian administration, technically under United Nations Truce Supervision Organization control, it

819-641: The Redeemer from Jerusalem's Old City . Apart from the hospital, today the complex also includes the German Protestant Church of the Ascension with a c. 50 metre high belltower , a meeting centre for pilgrims and tourists, an interreligious kindergarten and a café, as well as the Jerusalem branch of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology. Throughout much of its history, the compound

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858-763: The Templer homes have biblical inscriptions in German on their lintels, in Fraktur script. The side streets of the German Colony are named for Gentile supporters of Zionism and the Jewish people. Apart from the French author Émile Zola , Czech president Tomas Masaryk , Adolphe Crémieux and South African prime minister Jan Smuts , many of the streets are named for Britons: Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George , British Labour Party MP Josiah Wedgwood , Colonel John Henry Patterson , commander of

897-707: The appearance of community hospitals being more recent as a concept rather than a mere description. "Community Hospital" is not a statutory phrase but it is often used where there is "a unit or centre providing an appropriate range and format of accessible health care facilities and resources". Medical care is normally led by GPs , in liaison with consultant , nursing and allied health professional colleagues as necessary. These hospitals are typically small, using either purpose-built new premises or smaller general hospitals which have been retained to provide non-emergency services after general hospital services have been transferred to more centralised facilities; in some cases

936-525: The area of radiation therapy. In May 2016, Joint Commission International, a US-based body that assesses hospitals and health care facilities globally, re-accredited the hospital for another three years. The hospital is one of six specialized medical centers in the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network , comprising Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital , Augusta Victoria Hospital, Red Crescent Maternity Hospital, St. John's Eye Hospital , Princess Basma Rehabilitation Centre and St. Joseph's Hospital . They have been

975-894: The colonists, Matthäus Frank, from the Arabs of Beit Safafa . The Templers were Christians who broke away from the Protestant church and encouraged their members to settle in the Holy Land to prepare for Messianic salvation. They built their homes in the style to which they were accustomed in Germany - farmhouses of one or two stories, with slanting tiled roofs and shuttered windows, but using local materials such as Jerusalem stone instead of wood and bricks. The colonists engaged in agriculture and traditional trades such as carpentry and blacksmithing . Their homes ran along two parallel streets that would become Emek Refaim and Bethlehem Road. Friedrich (Fritz) Kübler,

1014-593: The community hospital definition to only include independently run facilities serving a local demographic. A basic definition, therefore, is a hospital serving a local community, run by local leaders, providing financial opportunities for the local economy. A community hospital can be either rural or urban. Many of the rural hospitals in Africa are small, community hospitals. Algeria has 273 community hospitals denoted EPSP , which stands for etablissement de sante de publique de proximite in French. Polyclinics are also used at

1053-723: The community level. There is an average of one polyclinic per 25,000 inhabitants in Algeria. German Colony, Jerusalem The German Colony ( Hebrew : המושבה הגרמנית , HaMoshava HaGermanit ) is a neighborhood in Jerusalem , established in the second half of the 19th century as a German Templer Colony in Palestine . Today the Moshava , as it is popularly known, is an upscale neighborhood bisected by Emek Refaim Street, an avenue lined with trendy shops, restaurants and cafes. Valley of Rephaim

1092-541: The country to have electricity, provided by a diesel generator. During World War I , the Hospital served as German military hospital. From 1915 to 1917 the compound was used as Ottoman headquarters by Djemal Pasha . From June to December 1917 the hospital was used as headquarters for the German high command of the German expeditionary corps ( Asienkorps ). After the British conquest, the Augusta Victoria compound served as

1131-600: The headquarters of General Allenby 's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and later as the headquarters of the British Military Administration of Occupied Enemy Territory (South). From 1920 to 1927, Augusta Victoria was the official residence of the British High Commissioner of the Palestine Mandate . In 1927, the buildings were severely damaged in an earthquake and the pointy roof of the belfry

1170-469: The hospital. On 27 November 2023, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit. The Augusta Victoria compound currently contains the following buildings and institutions: The rectory of the pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is also located on the site, along with administrative offices and living quarters of the Jerusalem offices of The Lutheran World Federation. The guesthouse

1209-491: The main providers of tertiary referral care for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for health services for which the Ministry of Health is unable to provide, such as cancer care, cardiac and eye surgeries, neonatal intensive care, children's dialysis and physical rehabilitation of children. Since its re-establishment in 1950 Auguste Victoria Hospital has been primarily run and financed by The Lutheran World Federation and

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1248-630: The neighborhood, and many affluent families have moved there, pushing up the price of real estate. The German Colony has a large English-speaking population, with the English speaking community comprising both families and singles, permanent immigrants and visitors. The neighborhood was home to the Smadar Theater , once a gathering place for the artisterati. During the Second Intifada , in September 2003,

1287-480: The park and Masaryk Street where residents can donate unwanted books or find reading material. For years, developers tried to build up the area at the northern entrance to the neighborhood, overlooking Liberty Bell Park . Mass protests in the early 1970s failed to halt the construction of a high-rise apartment building, known as the Omariya compound. In the wake of protests by environmentalists and neighborhood activists,

1326-445: The services include in-patient care. Community hospitals can assist multidisciplinary working and can be used as an extended primary care resource. Community hospitals provide over 2,900 inpatient beds and over 750,000 outpatient, allied health professional and nurse led appointments. In many rural and remote communities this allows access to more specialised services and inpatient facilities closer to home. The (non-statutory) phrase

1365-552: The wide range of services being offered by their more modern equivalents. For many years the development of community hospitals was ad hoc, reflecting history rather than any rational planning. The (non-statutory) phrase is used in England in a similar manner to Scotland. Actual arrangements will be under legislation applicable to the English NHS . In Northern Ireland the phrase has similar use to Scotland but official publications give

1404-628: The yard, was purchased by former Prime Minister of Israel , Ehud Olmert . The British Mandatory government deported the German Templers during World War II . As some of them sympathized with the German Nazi regime, they were considered enemy citizens. Some of them resettled in Australia. As the neighborhood expanded south along the valley, many of the lots were purchased by well-to-do Christian Arab families attracted by its location between

1443-711: Was a military hospital for soldiers from the Arab Legion . After World War II, the entire property of the German Evangelical mission to Palestine was passed into the fiduciary responsibility of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF); in 1950 the LWF established a large hospital for refugees in the compound. The hospital director was the long-time staff physician of the German Deaconess Hospital of Jerusalem,

1482-556: Was rebuilt by 10 metres shorter. The British headquarters moved to Armon HaNetziv , on the outskirts of Talpiot . In 1928 the compound was returned to its German pre-war owner, the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Foundation. The Nazi party held meetings and assemblies at Augusta Victoria under the leadership of Ludwig Buchhalter, a Templer living in the Germany Colony who was appointed head of Jerusalem branch of

1521-470: Was used first and foremost as a hospital, either by the military (during the First and Second World Wars and during Jordanian rule), or for Palestinian refugees and general public (from 1950 until today), and at times also as a government or military headquarters (1915–1927). Today, Augusta Victoria Hospital provides specialty care for Palestinians from across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with services including

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