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Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number 2479
Date 12 December 933
To the honorable and distinguished Nessim Effendi Ezra Shabi
After greetings
We have appointed you as a member of the fundraising committee for the Meir Elias Hospital
We hope that you will begin work with the rest of the distinguished members, may God grant you success in doing good.
Lu
Sassoon
President of the Community
A copy of it to
The honorable Eliyahu Effendi Saleh Jouri
" " " Haron Effendi Shlomo Barshan "
" " " Haron Effendi Heskel Smouha "
⟦illegible⟧
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Telephone No ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Medical House
Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧
No. Number:
Date Date:
Subject Subject:
Statement of Ketubot revenues for one year from April 1921 until
March 1922
Number of Ketubot | Dinars Fils
290 | 114 / 844
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special Number 583
Date 22 / 11 / 22
22 / 11 / 26
⟦signature⟧
To be filed 22 / 11 / 28
⟦signature⟧
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20 December 932
26 November 932
Very Urgent
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect
It is necessary that you inform us today before four o'clock of the number of marriages that
occurred last year and the amount of Ketubot revenues obtained from them.
To the Director
With respect to your presence
On behalf of
Head of the Community
Filed 18 / 12
932
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2502
30 December 933 ⟦30 December 933⟧
Ketubot
Very Urgent
To the Honorable Chairman of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect,
I wish to confirm to you our urgent letter No. 2428 dated
26 November 933, in which we requested to be informed of the number of Ketubot and the amount of their revenues
for the past year, without having received a response from you until now.
With respect to you,
On behalf of
Head of the Community
Head of the Community
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5 Ramadan 352 and 21 December 933
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Interior
After greetings and respect
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that Meir Elias Hospital belonging to
our community is in dire need of employing a specialist doctor in bladder diseases (urologist)
And since obtaining such a doctor is very rare, and there happened to pass through the capital by chance
the foreign doctor specializing in these diseases and in technical obstetrics, Meir Sakharovitch, who is a
holder of a high diploma, and since Meir Elias Hospital has allocated a department for obstetrics and it
is in need of a specialist doctor, we request Your Excellency to kindly grant permission for his employment in
the aforementioned hospital in service of humanity. Provided that he does not practice his profession outside the hospital at all
And to Your Excellency the highest respect and honor
The Diploma
⟦For the pass⟧
On behalf of
Head of the Community
⟦red mark⟧
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Telephone No. 6
Jewish Hospital Committee - Baghdad
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
(Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
& Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy.)
BAGHDAD.
Established 1884:
No.: 90
Date: December 5, 1933
Subject:
His Excellency, the Respected Head of the Jewish Community
Greetings.
We inform your Excellency that the woman named Regina has repeatedly dared to insult the employees of
the Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy with curses and verbal abuse. Furthermore, she has been coming to the hospital
and attacking all the staff in an inappropriate manner. Therefore, I have written this to request your Excellency
to inform the Police Department of this and prevent her from repeating this in the future. With respect.
Secretary
⟦signature⟧
Ibrahim ⟦Asim⟧
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Council Number 1105
Date 12 / 7 / 1933
To be registered first
Filed 12/30/1933
⟦initials⟧
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Telephone No. Jewish Hospital Company - Baghdad Telephone No.
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
( Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
& Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. )
BAGHDAD.
Established 1884:
No.: 94
Date: 22 December 933
Subject:
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 2503 and dated 20 / 12 / 933
The number of examinations for the past year starting from April 33 until the end of
March 933 is 390 in number, and the total revenue reached 824.114 Dinars
With respect
Secretary
Ibrahim ⟦Nahoum⟧
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
To be registered and filed
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special Number 1144
Date 25 / 12 / 933
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2012
x 2447 x
December 19, 1933
Your acceptance as a physician in the community hospital
To Dr. Meyer Iskharovich
The respected specialist in bladder diseases (urologist)
After greetings and respect,
I would like to inform you that after we have reviewed the high certificates that
you hold, which speak of your specialization in diseases that our country is still completely lacking in treating, we
have become fully prepared to accept you as a physician in our Jewish community hospital in Baghdad
if the government permits us to do so. With respect,
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
x The number 2447 appeared in this letter by mistake
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2520
January 1, 934
The honorable and virtuous notable, Hayyim Effendi Nash'il, respected
After greetings and respect,
I hope to remind you of what you promised in the oral conversation that took place between
your honor and the members of the fundraising committee for Mar Elias Hospital a few weeks ago.
The hospital's need for spending at the present time to complete the building and pay the value
of the surgical instruments that arrived recently, and our strong confidence in your sympathy for this charitable
institution, all of this prompted us to write this memorandum, to which we hope to receive a reply at
the earliest opportunity.
I thank you in advance on behalf of the sick and the poor; may you remain a help to charitable institutions.
Head of the Community
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c o c a
4 January 934
To the honorable and virtuous notable, Khedhouri Effendi Abboudi Zilkha, respected
After greetings and respect,
With great honor, I present to you with this letter a copy of the annual report
recently issued by the Community Hospitals Committee, in which you will see
the many reforms that have taken place in the Meir Elias Hospital and others intended to be completed quickly.
These reforms, which include the appointment of specialist doctors and the construction of wards,
maternity rooms, and operating theaters, and equipping them with modern technical means, have made the Hospitals Committee
in dire need at the present time for the assistance of people of generosity and bounty known for their sympathy
towards charitable institutions like yourselves.
Our hope is very firm that you will not deprive this institution of your
renowned generosity.
I thank you in advance on behalf of the miserable patients; may you remain a support for charitable projects;
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Number S 14245
Date 25 Rajab Year 1352
14 / 11 / 1933
Telegraphic Address: Public Health
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
In response to your letter No. 3439 dated November 13, 933.
Based on your request and the approval of the Ministry of Interior, we have agreed to register Dr.
Sustman to practice his profession in Meir Elias Hospital only, and we have issued the necessary instructions
accordingly to the Registration Department in this General Directorate.
We also inform you that we will take the earliest opportunity to visit Meir Elias Hospital
and observe its work and the reforms that you will be carrying out, for which the
agreement was reached and the aforementioned hospital was allowed to employ the referred doctor. !!
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number 1172
Date 18 / 11 / 933
To be filed and referenced
⟦To be filed⟧
A. S.
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraphic Address: Public Health
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad
Ref No: ⟦14648⟧
Date: 13 Rajab Year 1352
1 / 11 / 1933
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad.
In response to your letter No. 2390 dated October 22, 1933.
This Directorate General has audited the regulations of Meir Elias Hospital established
in the year 1929 and the proposed new staff for the mentioned hospital, and we list below our observations
regarding each of them:
1 - Hospital Regulations:
Article 1 - We suggest that the minimum and maximum number of beds
prepared for admitting patients to the hospital be stated in this article.
Article 8 - It is not explicit and unclear; therefore, we suggest deleting it from
the regulations.
Article 13 - We suggest adding the following sentence at the end of this article:
"And possesses the scientific and moral qualifications, etc., that qualify him to manage the hospital."
Article 19 - We believe that the distribution of technical work is the specialty of the doctor
and not the manager. In any case, the doctor must approve what the manager decides
in this regard, so we request adding the necessary phrase for that to
the mentioned article.
Article 24 - What is meant by the duty of visitors? Because it is more correct for visitors
to maintain the hospital's order during their visits to the patients.
Article 29 - Since the fees for treating the wealthy are taken by the doctor,
he must also sign the revenue book to verify that they
were received for treating patients he treated himself or under his direction.
Article 36 - Upon appointing the hospital manager, the Directorate of Public Health
must be notified so that it can contact him when necessary regarding
the provisions of this article.
General Observations:
1 - We draw the hospital administration's attention to the fact that the pharmacy records and its management
will be in accordance with the provisions of the Iraqi Pharmacy Law. Since the pharmacy
is exclusive to the hospital only, it is not permissible for it to prepare any treatment
whatsoever for anyone other than the patients admitted to the hospital.
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Full approval
Approved
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Approved
Explicit. But do we have the right to stipulate the approval of the Director General considering that the hospital belongs to the responsible manager and he is the one responsible for the hospital, and since we ⟦illegible⟧ explicit.
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2. We noticed that no mention was made in the section regarding financial matters in the bylaws
about auditing the hospital's accounts. Since we believe that the hospital's accounts
will be organized in special books and records, we see the necessity of auditing the accounts
by an expert accountant at least once every three months, and the auditor shall submit
a detailed report on any discrepancies he observes in the accounts. The auditor shall be sent
by the sect's administration, and we prefer that he has no connection to the hospital administration.
3. We suggest that a special article be placed in the bylaws regarding the necessity of making the patients' food good
and appropriate for the patient's health, provided that the matter of bringing food is under the supervision
of the doctor. Thus, you will be able to include another article we suggest adding to the bylaws
prohibiting the acceptance of food, whether cooked or uncooked, brought to patients in
the hospital by their relatives in an absolute manner.
2 - Staffing:
(a) We noticed that the dresser's salary was set at six dinars in the new staffing list, and we see that
this salary is high compared to the salaries paid by the Iraqi Health Service to
its dressers in Baghdad or in clinics abroad; therefore, we request a reconsideration
of this salary.
(b) We do not see a need to employ the two janitors for whom the appropriation was set at a salary
of (3.750) dinars each, and we recommend removing them from the staffing list. One or two
servants can be employed instead at a salary of (2) dinars each.
(c) The servant's salary of (3.375) dinars is high, and we see that a salary of
two dinars only per month would be sufficient.
(d) Two guards were placed in the staffing list, one with a salary of (3.300) dinars and the second with a salary
of (2.700) dinars. We suggest making the first one's salary three dinars and the second two dinars
only per month.
We hope you take our observations mentioned above into consideration, instruct their implementation, and inform us of the result.
⟦signature⟧
Director General of Health.
Sent to ⟦illegible⟧
For observation ⟦illegible⟧
Upcoming accounts
⟦illegible⟧
5 dinars
Existing approval
We do not see ⟦illegible⟧
Only it has importance
⟦illegible⟧
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Reduced to 2 dinars
500 is reduced from the first and 700
The second on his salary
A. S.
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Meir Elias Hospital Regulations
Article 1- The number of patients to be admitted to Meir Elias Hospital is determined by a special decision of the Committee.
Article 2- The hospital's administrative functions are divided into three sections: technical matters, administrative matters, and financial matters.
Article 3- Technical matters are managed by the doctors, each according to their specialization. At the end of each month, the doctors organize a report containing their observations regarding technical deficiencies they observe and proposing measures to be taken to complete those deficiencies.
Article 4- Monitoring the work of pharmacists, male and female dressers, midwives, and nurses from a technical perspective, as well as their training and the division of their work, is the responsibility of the doctors who head them.
Article 5- When admitting patients to the hospital, the patient's general condition is taken into consideration. When there is a shortage of vacant beds, preference is given to admitting patients whose lives are in greater danger than others and those who are poor and in greater need than others.
Article 6- It is not permissible to admit patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, cholera, plague, malignant skin diseases, diphtheria, and glanders to the hospital, nor patients suffering from chronic diseases whose treatment is technically impossible, such as chronic paralysis, chronic spinal lesions, and the like.
Article 7- Patients suffering from a permanent disability may not be admitted on the basis of their disability, but they are admitted if they are suffering from acute accidental diseases of a limited duration.
Article 8- It is not permissible to admit patients who can run and walk on foot and attend to their own needs, and for whom the occurrence of complications is a remote possibility.
Article 9- The hospital doctor must take care to maintain the patient registration book, recording in the aforementioned book all the details required by it.
Article 10- Patient progress sheets shall be under the supervision of the doctors and contain the necessary details.
Article 11- Every patient who has achieved health that enables them to run and walk on foot and visit the doctor at his clinic, and who is safe from complications, shall be discharged from the hospital.
Article 12- The chief physician has the right to monitor the work of administrative employees in general.
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Administrative Matters
Article 13 — Administrative matters shall be carried out by whoever holds the title of "Responsible Manager" by a decision of the Committee.
Article 14 — Administrative matters are divided into three sections: the first relates to the patients themselves, the second to the service,
which includes the guard and the farmer, and the third relates to the management of movable and immovable property
belonging to the hospital, including provisions, their preservation, and their distribution according to the orders of
the doctor. It also includes the kitchen and its supplies, clothing, and all furniture belonging
to the hospital.
Article 15 — The manager must take care of the cleanliness of the patients in all respects, inspect their interactions with
the service, listen to their complaints, and manage their living conditions.
Article 16 — No patient is allowed to leave the hospital temporarily except with the doctor's permission.
Article 17 — Visitors are accepted for patients from ten o'clock in the morning until one o'clock before
sunset, only on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. This applies to poor
patients; as for patients who pay daily fees, their visitors may be accepted at the
aforementioned designated time every day of the week. Visitors may not be accepted on days
and times other than those mentioned in this article.
Article 18 — One of the patient's relatives may enter and stay at any time based on the doctor's indication
to that effect. As for paying patients, no more than one permanent person is allowed to stay
beside each one of them.
Article 19 — The manager must oversee the cleanliness and purity of the service, their good conduct and treatment, and the division of
their work. He may issue special instructions for the division of duties and their fair distribution
among the employees under his management. He also issues instructions regarding the attendance of
nurses in their duties and everything related to them from an administrative perspective — and he sends a copy of
those instructions for approval by the Committee.
Article 20 — The hospital must not remain any night without a responsible doctor and one of
the nurses or orderlies.
Article 21 — The hospital must not remain at any time without a responsible official.
Article 22 — The manager must implement the arrangement he deems appropriate for serving patients at night.
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Article 23 - Matters of cleanliness and purity of all hospital rooms and their belongings, and the preservation and maintenance of furniture
from loss, and the organization of food distribution times, its proper cooking, and the verification of its quantity are entrusted
to the Director.
Article 24 - The Director must receive visitors and fulfill his duties toward them.
Article 25 - The Director has the authority to apply fines to servants who neglect to perform their duties,
however, he must inform the Committee of this at the first opportunity after imposing the fine.
Article 26 - The Director must submit a monthly report to the Committee regarding the hospital's administrative affairs along with
his personal observations.
Article 27 - The responsible Director may delegate anyone he deems competent to handle administrative matters after
obtaining the Committee's approval for that.
Financial Matters
Article 28 - No amount whatsoever may be spent from the hospital administration fund without permission or a decision from
the Committee, except in exceptional cases determined by the Committee by decision.
Article 29 - All money received in the name of the Hospitals Committee, whether it be allocations from the Spiritual Council
or otherwise, and whether it be tips or hospital fees or others, is first received by
the clerk, who issues a receipt for it, signs it, and delivers it to the payer of that money, and records that amount
in the ledger according to the rules. Then he delivers the money collected by him weekly to the Treasurer of
the Committee, and the latter also signs the second copy of the receipt as proof of his receipt of the amount
from the clerk.
Article 30 - The hospital director is given an advance of 25 Dinars to enable him to purchase the necessary
daily requirements for the subsistence of patients only. Before this amount is exhausted, he submits the account for it
according to the rules to the accountant, who certifies that the expenditure was carried out according to its rules, and submits
the account to the Committee, which decides to give the Director an amount equal to the amount he spent
and submitted the account for.
⟦Except for the case mentioned in the previous article⟧
Article 31 - / Permission is requested from the President to spend any amount up to four Dinars, and if the amount
required to be spent exceeds four Dinars, a decision must be obtained from the Committee to spend it.
Article 32 - Every amount exceeding one hundred Fils which is spent from the hospital administration fund must
have a printed receipt taken for it from its recipient.
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Article 33 - The committee treasurer shall not pay any amount to any person without a transfer addressed
to him from the President.
Article 34 - All revenues, regardless of their types, shall be paid to the committee treasurer as stated
in Article (29) of this regulation, and they may not be disposed of in any way whatsoever
before being paid to the treasurer.
Article 35 - A patient who pays the fee shall not be discharged from the hospital before the accountant signs
his medical progress sheet confirming receipt of the fee.
Miscellaneous
Article 36 - Except for the responsible manager, no hospital employee whatsoever is permitted to communicate
directly on matters relating to the hospital administration. Rather, all communications must be
through the committee.
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Directorate of Public Health
In response to your letter No. S 12648 dated 11/22/34
We first thank you for your interest in the issue of Mar Elias Hospital and the matter of its renovation
And we secondly state that the ⟦committee⟧ of the mentioned hospital management is very
interested in carrying out the required repairs according to your wishes and instructions.
And we ⟦saw⟧ it ⟦appropriate⟧ to present to your Excellency ⟦what⟧
we answer you regarding the noted points mentioned in your aforementioned letter.
Article - 1 The maximum number of beds prepared for admitting patients in the hospital
will be one hundred.
Article - 8 It is intended that it is not permissible to admit ⟦free⟧ patients to the hospital
if ⟦they were⟧ of the outpatient type, meaning they can
visit the Dar Al-Shifa clinic for treatment.
Article - 12 We agree to add the following sentence at the end of this article
"And based on what the hospital management sees as interest and conviction"
Article - 19 ⟦This⟧ article pertains to the distribution of administrative duties only. As for
the distribution of medical duty, it is a matter entrusted to the doctor as stated
clearly in Article 4 of the regulations.
Article - 24 Visitors in this article refers to visitors who intend
to visit the hospital to view it or inspect it, for example, and it does not pertain
to the visiting of relatives or friends of patients by their relatives or friends.
Article - 29 We agree to your proposal for this paragraph, and this paragraph becomes for example.
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Article 26 - <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> The responsible director now is Dr.
Rothman as stated in your letter dated
And when any change occurs in this ⟦regard⟧, he will inform us about it
and it must be mentioned.
General Remarks.
- 1 - We support what was stated in your letter ⟦regarding⟧ attendance and this
is what is followed now and will remain so.
- 2 - We have a special committee to audit the accounts of all sectarian
institutions, including the hospital, and this is called the "Audit
Committee". It has a special regulation approved by
the Lay Council according to which it operates, and none of the members of
this committee have any relationship with the hospital management. And
this committee audits the accounts from time to time and submits
its reports to the Lay Council in all cases.
The following article has been placed in the regulation
- 3 - Article 27 "The patients' food shall be good and appropriate for the health of
the patient, provided that the matter of its preparation and distribution is under
the supervision of the doctor. It is not permissible to accept food,
whether cooked or uncooked, brought to patients in
the hospital by their relatives in an absolute manner."
20 - Staffing:
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⟦E. S.⟧ Manasseh Esq.
D'Almeida Street
Singapore
~
R. M. Meyer Esq.
c/o Meyer Brothers.
Singapore.
D. E. J. Abraham Esq.
Peking Street.
Shanghai.
(China)
N. E. B. Ezra Esq.
6 Pacific Gardens
Shanghai
(China)
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General Appeal
To the sons of the honorable Israelite community
There is no one among the sons of the Israelite community in Iraq who has not heard the name of the hospital of the late Meir Elias, which
was founded twenty-four years ago, and there is no one among them who does not testify to the services of this institution toward the poor sick
throughout this period. As it is not hidden from our brothers, the aforementioned hospital has today become one of the hospitals of the
old style and is in need of great and important technical improvements so that it may become a modern technical hospital providing the
required services to both the rich and the poor. These improvements include the recruitment of highly qualified doctors and
capable nurses, and modern and diverse medical instruments, starting from the sterilization machine which no hospital should be without, and the renewal of
its building and its restoration, and the addition of some departments to it and its furnishing, and many other modern necessities.
The committee has brought in a German operator, an examiner of internal and external diseases, and he has indeed arrived and been appointed to
the position of responsible director of the hospital from both the administrative and technical aspects, staying there night and day. He has begun his work,
assisted by a German nurse for the treatment of women's diseases. The committee has brought a large portion of the
necessary surgical instruments for the hospital. The committee has built in the hospital a special place for the childbirth of the rich and the poor,
and its other reforms are in full swing. Everyone can well appreciate that it is very difficult for the community fund to
undertake the costs required by these important improvements, in view of the severe financial distress
prevailing over it, the matter of which is known to all. Everyone agrees with us that the neglect of this hospital
is not at all fitting for a large community like ours, nor does it agree with our great need for care for our health affairs, especially
since its remaining in its current state targets heavy losses without returning any mentionable benefit to the community. The committee
itself has exerted all its efforts to find a way to obtain the necessary funds for these projects, but its efforts have not borne fruit,
unfortunately. After long discussion and deliberation that took place in the meetings it held
with the members of the Lay Council and some of the community's notables, everyone agreed that in this situation nothing remains
but to seek help from the zeal of the sons of the community who are known for their fervor and generosity, by their initiative to support
charitable projects, especially important vital projects.
It is our humanitarian duty, "O honorable brothers," which dictates that we contribute by providing the necessary help and
assistance to organize this hospital and introduce the necessary improvements to it, so that the means of
comfort are provided for the poor patients who are unable to pay for the treatment of diseases and pains.
What we want to emphasize to the sons of our honorable community in this haste is that this required assistance
is very necessary and urgent at the same time. You will soon see, God willing, the ripe fruit that will be produced by
your assistance and your efforts in this charitable hospital.
May God grant us and you success in deeds of righteousness and charity, and the Almighty does not waste the reward of a noble benefactor.
The Israelite Hospitals Committee
In Baghdad
G. Al-Kuwayt Israelite Press * Baghdad
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General Appeal
To the sons of the honorable Israelite community ⟦v⟧
There is no one among the sons of the Israelite community in Iraq who has not heard the name of the hospital of the late Meir Elias, which
was founded twenty-four years ago, and there is no one among them who does not witness the services of this institution toward the poor patients
throughout this period. As it is not hidden from our sons, the aforementioned hospital has today become one of the hospitals of the
old style, and it requires great and important technical improvements so that it becomes a modern technical hospital that provides the services
required of it for the rich and the poor alike. These improvements include the employment of competent doctors and capable
nurses, and many diverse medical instruments, including sterilization equipment which no hospital should be without, and renewal in
its building and its restoration, and the addition of some new departments and their furnishing, and many other modern necessities.
The committee has brought a German specialist who is expert in internal and external diseases, and he has actually arrived and been appointed to
the position of director responsible for the hospital from both the administrative and technical aspects, and he stays in it night and day and has begun his work.
A German specialist is assisting him in treating women's diseases, and the committee has brought a large portion of the
necessary surgical instruments for the hospital. The committee has built in the hospital a special place for the births of the rich and the poor,
and other reforms are in full swing. Everyone can well appreciate that it is very difficult for the community fund to
undertake the costs required by these important improvements in view of the severe financial distress
prevailing over it, the matter of which is known to all. Everyone agrees with us that the neglect of this hospital
is not at all fitting for a large community like ours, nor does it agree with our great need for care for our health affairs, besides
the fact that its remaining in its current state targets massive sums without returning any mentionable benefit to the community. The committee
itself has exerted all its efforts to find a way to obtain the necessary sums for these projects, but its efforts have not borne fruit,
unfortunately. After the long discussion and deliberation that took place in the meetings held
with the members of the Lay Council and some notables of the community, everyone agreed that there remains no way in this case except
to seek help from the zeal of the sons of the community who are known for their fervor and generosity, by their initiative to support
charitable projects, especially the urgent vital projects.
It is our humanitarian duty, O honorable brothers, which dictates that we contribute to providing the help and
necessary assistance to organize this hospital and introduce the necessary improvements to it so that the means of
comfort are facilitated for the poor patients who are unable to pay the fees for diseases and pains.
What we want to emphasize to the sons of our honorable community in this brief note is that this requested assistance
is very small and urgent at the same time. You will soon see, God willing, the ripe fruit that your assistance
and efforts will produce in this charitable hospital.
May God grant us and you success in deeds of righteousness and charity, and God, Glory be to Him, does not waste the reward of a generous benefactor.
The Israelite Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
G. Al-Kuwait Israelite Press * Baghdad
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
PRESIDENT OF
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Number::
Date:: June 20, 94
Subject:
NO::
DATE::
SUBJECT:
The company in charge of the Ezra and Sofer building by the executive committee
in the Holy City
May the blessings of heaven from heaven come upon you, for the blessings of the righteous of the generations before us
and the work of the hands of those appointed who deal with the needs of the public and who need the handiwork of those who deal with the needs of the public
Those who deal with the needs of the public in faith, the Holy One, Blessed be He, shall pay their reward and heal their whole body and forgive all their iniquity
and send blessing and success in the work of their hands with all Israel their brothers, Amen. And we hereby inform you that according to your honorable request
sent to us in our last letter, and so that the joy and gladness of the poor and the needy who have now come from abroad to here may be increased.
And since these poor people are without a table, we decided that all visitors and the poor receive a double portion on the
Sabbath day from the hot meal, and so that each of them receives a large portion of the meat and also a loaf of bread
for his relatives who cannot come. And so that the poor of our city will not feel a difference and discrimination because the poor
of our city are decreasing and many of them, the honorable ones, will almost not receive from the enlarged portion and received a regular portion
because the regular portion is sufficient for them, the regular poor, the regular ones, because the regular ones, the regular ones, the regular ones will receive
their reward and will not be deprived of the regular portion. And may it be the will of the Creator, Blessed be He, that the portion will grant us that our lot be among
those who merit from the holiness of the blessed heaven forever and ever, for your kindness, the managers and the directors and the assistants
is always among the blessings of the community in the blessed Baghdad
May He prolong your days and years
Sasson Kadoori
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Sasson Kadoori
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
SASSON KADOORI
BAGHDAD
1933
PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
William Abdullah
Peace be upon Israel and upon Jerusalem
In Baghdad
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To the Honorable Religious Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, may God protect them
Dear Honorable Gentlemen
According to a contract dated June 10, 1933, I was appointed as the Director of the Community Hospital for a period of
four years starting from September 15, 1933, at an annual salary of 580.000 Dinars plus an apartment and service at the hospital
And after almost half of my work period has passed, and considering my immense efforts to raise
the level of service in the hospital and its reorganization in a way that meets modern requirements, and considering the general
economic situation and the high cost of living, I applied on 11/1/1935 to the Hospital Committee and requested to increase
my salary starting from April 1, 1935. The Hospital Committee, in its meeting on February 16,
1935, decided to recommend to your honors to increase my salary starting from April 1, 1935
by the amount of 120.000 Dinars per year, so that my salary will be 700.000 Dinars per year instead of 580.000 Dinars
per year. And on February 20, 1935, I received a notice from the Hospital Committee that its recommendation was forwarded to you
for your approval. I am turning to you with a request to approve the recommendation of the Hospital Committee and to inform me as soon as possible
so that I can continue my work with peace of mind and with dedication for the sake of this important institution.
I thank you in advance for your prompt handling of this request and await your reply.
With great respect and thanks in advance
Dr. Isaac Cohen
Dr. Isaac Cohen
Director of the Community Hospital
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To the Hospital Committee
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2 February 934
The Honorable and Distinguished Haim Effendi Nathaniel, Respectfully
After greetings and respect
I wrote to you on January 2, 934, reminding you of what you promised
during the oral conversation that took place between you and the members of the fundraising committee for the hospital
Meir Elias.
I wish to emphasize to you the hospital's urgent need for your expected assistance, with the
firm hope that I will receive your reply as soon as possible.
With highest respect and thanks to you
⟦L.G.⟧
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
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