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Fellowships in Limb Reconstruction at Kings’s College Hospital

For two years IDEALS has been planning Fellowships in Limb Reconstruction following severe injuries caused by either war or other effects.

Case History

A young Palestinian suffered a severe limb injury from an exploding shell and was admitted to Shiva Hospital. He had a wide open wound in the region of his hip and when the IDEALS visiting Limb Reconstruction Team reviewed him they gave the opinion that his limb could not be salvaged.

IDEALS returned to Gaza on Sunday 7th September 2014

The IDEALS team was the clinical arm of a combined project supported financially by HM Government Department and logistically managed by the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians.

BBC News coverage of our surgeons recent work in Gaza

"The surgeons belong to the charity Ideals, and were sent to Gaza by Medical Aid for Palestinians to visit the main hospitals there to carry out assessments and to perform post-traumatic, reconstructive surgeries."

Interview with John Beavis – The Disaster Surgeon

I think it became very obvious in Bosnia. There was a negative aspect to the aid to Bosnia in that people would turn up, do their week or fortnight there and never go back again.

IDEALS Secures Another Grant To Continue Work In Gaza

Celebrating the life of John Beavis

It is with great sadness to record the passing of IDEALS’ founding Chairman, John Patrick Beavis

Essential Health Care for Syrian Refugees in South Lebanon

The latest phase of our health care programme supporting Syrian refugees in the south of Lebanon began in January 2021 and is running smoothly; with our local partner, Blue Mission, delivering essential primary health care, reproductive and mental health services for 25,000 Syrian refugees and other vulnerable communities (Palestinian refugees and poor Lebanese families) in Saida and Tyre.