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20 Ramadan 1353 and 26 December 34
His Excellency the Chairman of the Property Tax Audit Committee for the Baghdad District, Respected
The Property Assessment Committee had assessed the house numbered 2/A/1 connected to Meir
Elias Hospital and belonging to it at an amount of 120 Dinars annually and notified the hospital of this assessment.
The fact is that the aforementioned house, after it was for rent, was vacated from 14 September 932 to 15 November
933, and from this date it was merged into the hospital and designated for the residence of the resident doctor
who must be present in the hospital day and night, and the use of its external door was neglected.
Therefore, it should be exempt from property tax according to paragraph (d) of Article (4) of the Property Tax
Law No. 35 of the year 927. I request you to kindly consider my representations and issue a decision to exempt
the aforementioned house from the tax, considering that it is property of our community and used for a charitable purpose.
With respect to Your Excellency,
L.Y.D.
⟦Harun⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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Iraqi Government
Liwa (Province) .............
Qadaa (District) .............
Revenue / 43
Warning
Issued pursuant to the first paragraph of Article Four
of the Law for the Collection of Debts Owed to the Government
No. 43 of 1931
Number: .............
Date: 11/2/1945
To :-: ⟦Head of the Jewish Community⟧
Since you have not paid the amount of ............. Dinars and ............. Fils which
you were required to pay to the Treasury for ............. we hereby call upon you to pay it within ten days from the date
of your receipt of this warning, otherwise we shall order the seizure of your movable property according to the first paragraph of Article Five of
the Law for the Collection of Debts Owed to the Government No. 43 of 1931.
⟦signature⟧
Governor of Liwa .............
District Officer of Qadaa .............
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36 Quarter 12 April 36 P 3656 N Not 06
To the presence of Majid Effendi Al-Malik for 12 Caesarea, the city of Qadsar City, he said
Based on your request, we submitted on 11/21 a financial receipt for trusts for the year one hundred eight 12 through your holiness
And upon our receipt of our riyals which you took from Leiden for Leiden 061 and Leiden for the pillow of the world and we have
We have 51 riyals 662 riyals, as in the tribe of Al-Labu we had seven piasters one hundred two four hundred
And these we have received and the account is correct and according to what you arranged for us, it is type 662 of our riyals
And according to this messenger and the bank sent it to me Leiden returning and according to what was arranged before you for a long time that its amount is our riyals
Two parts, his riyals (3) in his trust (4), so you arranged it for us old from the value of his share an amount
Due to me, Abq Abeh, or a quarter of Leiden, a quarter of the world, and we attached to it 762 piasters 56, there remained one hundred 12
And in the presentation of what you received for our expense for his work for this and the riyal of the world before what was old for it that we trusted
And the account is still in the account
On behalf of
The deceased of the dam, the patient
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15 Shawwal 353 and 2 January 935
His Excellency the Director General of Revenues, Respected
Reference to the warning numbered 115 dated 17 / 1 / 935 to Meir Elias Hospital
I kindly request you to review our petition numbered 3054 dated 26 / 12 / 934 to the Chairman
of the Property Tax Audit Committee and to kindly instruct to disregard the warning under
discussion - and please accept my respects
On behalf of
The Head of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
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6 June 935 and 9 April 935
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Interior
Greetings and respect
Based on the urgent need to employ a doctor with the rank of professor for internal diseases
at Mar Elias Hospital, our choice fell on Dr. Georg Rosenow
Professor Dr Georg Rosenow
Charlottenburg
Bleibtreustr. 19.
Berlin
who holds high certificates proving superior competence qualifying him for this position, so we hope
Your Excellency will kindly grant us the necessary permit, and we are ready to present the certificates
that he holds.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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2227
30 May 935
2/5/935
His Excellency the Director of General Health, respected
Greetings and respect
I would like to refer to our letter No. 3178 dated 6 Muharram 354 and 9 April 935
to the Ministry of Interior regarding Professor Dr. George Rosenow, as the processing has been completed in the Ministry
and it has finally been referred to Your Excellency, and I would be grateful for your kindness if you would consider it an urgent matter
given the pressing need to bring the aforementioned professor;
L
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraphic Address: Public Health:
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad:
Ref No.: 8197
Date: 8 Rabi' al-Awwal / 1354
10 / 6 / 1935
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad.
With reference to your letter No. 3337 dated 3 / 6 / 1935.
The Ministry of Interior has approved the employment of Dr. George Rosenow
at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad, provided that the same conditions
under which Dr. Süssmann and others were employed are observed, i.e., that his work
be limited to the activities of Meir Elias Hospital only.
In this regard, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that the number of doctors employed
at Meir Elias Hospital is sufficient at present in proportion to the hospital's equipment
and number of beds, and we prefer in the future, when the need arises, to employ
Iraqi doctors in the aforementioned institution. . A. A.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Director of Public Health.
Copy to the Ministry of Interior with reference to its letter No.
S / 881 dated 23 / 5 / 1935.
Copy to the Registration Department at the Directorate of Public Health
to take the necessary action.
A. S.
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Dr. George Rosenow, Professor
of Internal Medicine
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June 14, 1935
Ministry of Interior ⟦line⟧
Reference to the letter of the Directorate of Public Health No. 8167 dated 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 54 and
11 / 6 / 1935 to this Presidency and a copy of it to your Ministry
The conditions set for the employment of Dr. Professor George Rosenow will lead to
depriving poor and non-poor patients from outside the hospital of the ability of this great
doctor and from benefiting from his art, and will prevent the dispensing of his medical prescriptions for patients who
seek him for treatment inside the hospital from pharmacies, and this is what hinders his work ⟦line⟧
and prevents the patient from consulting him and wastes the intended benefit from bringing him, and on the other
hand, the costs of the Dr. Professor will be more than one hundred dinars per month for ⟦line⟧
the hospital in the event that he is prohibited from practicing medicine outside, and this is an amount that the budget of the
hospital cannot bear. However, in the event of his licensing, the hospital will benefit from his profits, a benefit that alleviates
a significant part of the costs from the hospital's shoulders.
It is also noted that bringing a specialist scientist like this does not touch any of the interests of Iraqi medicine
and does not need restriction from this aspect because his work must be confined to
a high advisory circle that helps Iraqi medicine instead of harming it; rather, we can assert
that his presence has a general benefit because it must save a fair amount of the important ⟦line⟧
sums spent by many Iraqis on travel and medical treatment abroad at the hands of
doctors who are not more experienced than this man.
Therefore, we ask your esteemed Ministry to kindly grant us an absolute license so that we can benefit
from the services of the Dr. Professor to the greatest extent possible;
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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Meir Elias Rima Khedouri Hospital
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number 562 on ⟦11⟧ April 31
Rusafa Health Department
On 24 Rabi' al-Awwal 1350 and 7 August 931, your letter numbered 7318 regarding your request to provide you with information
Related to patients who were treated in this hospital during the year 1930 and 1931 until 11 / 3 / 31
Based on your request, the hospital administration has prepared the required lists and data as required by the public interest that
All the data included in these lists and data are the result of careful auditing and scrutiny, and accordingly
We send you herewith and accompanied by this letter a copy of the tables of patients who were treated in this hospital during the mentioned period
Showing the information requested by you in terms of the patient's name, age, nationality, date of admission to the hospital, and date of discharge
From it and the reason for his discharge, whether he was cured or is still under treatment and diagnosis, the type of disease he is suffering from, and the type of treatment prescribed
For him and the duration of his stay in the hospital, and accordingly, we ask your Excellency to kindly receive these lists and data attached
To this letter and inform us of what needs to be taken by you in this regard, asking you to kindly accept the highest respect and appreciation
Please accept the highest respect and appreciation from us in our capacity as those responsible for the management of this hospital
Accordingly, we hope you will kindly provide us with the necessary information
We would like to inform you that we have provided all the necessary and essential medicines and medical supplies for this hospital to be
Fully prepared to receive and treat patients, and we would also like to inform you that we have provided all modern medical equipment
Which would help in diagnosing diseases with high accuracy, and accordingly, we hope you will kindly take the necessary action
In this regard, asking your Excellency to kindly accept the highest respect and appreciation, and we would also like to inform you that we have provided all
The necessary and essential medical supplies for this hospital, and accordingly, we hope you will kindly take the necessary action by you in this regard
Asking your Excellency to kindly accept the highest respect and appreciation
Accordingly, we hope you will kindly accept the highest respect and appreciation from us in our capacity as those responsible for the management of this hospital
Responsible for the management of the Rima Khedouri Hospital for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Director
Meir Elias Hospital
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19 May 935
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Director of Meir Elias Hospital
After greetings
This presidency received a letter from a person named Monz Eliakim, a resident of Thessaloniki (Turkey)
In which he requests an inquiry about his father, Isaac Eliakim, who traveled via Baghdad and stayed
at the New Tigris Hotel, as he is anxious due to the interruption of communication with him
After investigation, it appeared that he had fallen ill, entered the hospital, and passed away on 11/23/34
We therefore request that you inform us in detail about the incident of his death, what he left behind, and what he bequeathed - with respect
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. - 6
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Telephone Number: 6
No. / Number:
Date / Date: 25 / 5 / 22
To the Honorable Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings and Respect
In response to your letter No. 222 dated 22 / 5 / 25
that Isaac Eliayim was afflicted with pleurisy and recovered from it, then was afflicted with empyema, i.e.
"surgery in the lungs" and died in the hospital as a result of this last illness after undergoing surgery and
he left the items listed below:
Leather wallet
Passport
Copper wristwatch
Spectacles number 2
Small knife
Small key
Number 20 for cleaning the garment }
Number 5 ordinary for drinking }
Money: Fils }
Clothes:
One undergarment with one extra sock
One outer garment with one extra pair of trousers
i.e.
Sidara, coat, shoes, shirt, necktie, jacket
Trousers number 2, undergarment, vest, socks number 2
And all these items are kept with us
The deceased did not leave any will at all
Please accept my highest respect
Administrative Officer
⟦signature⟧
Duplicate
Number 722
April 31, 31 AD
D/T
To the Honorable Director of the Israeli Hospital
Greetings and respect
(Qutayna) a child sent to us by you for the purpose of treating her for bladder bilharzia and she has been
examined microscopically and it was found that she is still infected with the disease in addition to her infection with acute amoebic dysentery as it appears
from her stool for the seventh time, so we are sending her to you, hoping to admit her
to the hospital and treat her for amoebic dysentery, and considering that she is suffering from acute amoebic dysentery
and that we were unable to continue treating her for bilharzia in the clinic, we are sending her to you
Director
Al-Salihiya Clinic
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B"H : Holy Community
To the honorable Treasurer of the Community of the Israelite Congregation, may his light shine, in Baghdad
A. N. S.
I received your letter dated August 6, 1935, regarding the matter of interest for
all the days of my stay in the Holy Land, and for which I sent a sum of 50 Pounds Sterling for all
the aforementioned time.
And after inquiry and investigation, it became known to me in this regard that according to the conduct of the committee management
"Bikur Cholim in Baghdad" and after my being for many years in the capacity of "Committee Treasurer"
(this committee is separate from the Committee) and I saw several times (between the managers "Ezra and Salach")
and after the committee's request I responded to them and lent them a sum of approximately 34 ⟦impressed⟧ and also
2 used items and they are not currently in their original state, and I also have coal remaining with them
and not the owner of the table, and I suffered in this toil and weariness regarding this house and I sent to them
about five months ago that they should pay their debt (the Community Committee is sending a letter regarding this)
and therefore the response was delayed and now it is proper for me to tell you this matter so that you may know everything.
And I am the one who waits
With great respect and all honor
Orchard 1
Trampoline 1
Old wooden table 1
Carpets 2
Wool mattress 1
Oil lamp 1
Simple chairs 2
Simple wooden chair 2
Wall clock 4
Coal sack 1
Old kerosene lamp 1
Sheet 1
Towel 1
Towel 5
Pillow 1
Pillow 1
Pillow 1
Wooden table 1
Sewing machine 2
Washing machine 1
Wooden chair 2
Lamp 1
⟦illegible⟧
The Hebrew Community Committee
in Baghdad
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraphic Address: Public Health
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad
Number S 487
Date 9 Shawwal Year 1353
14 / 1 / 1935
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
With reference to your letter numbered 2956 and dated September 30, 1934.
Based on your request and the approval of the Ministry of Interior in its letter numbered 566 and dated
January 12, 1935, we have approved the registration of the German Dr. Walter Kather,
specialist in Roentgen rays, and he is not entitled to practice his profession except for cases at Meir Elias Hospital
that require diagnosis or treatment according to his specialization.
Please notify the aforementioned person to submit his medical certificates to this Directorate
along with the specialization certificates so that we can complete his registration process in accordance with the Law of Practicing
Medicine in Iraq for the year 1925 44
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health.
Copy to the Ministry of Interior with reference to its letter above for information.
Copy to the Directorate of General Police for information.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number 2599
Date 24 / 1 / 935
P ⟦illegible⟧
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2 April 935
The issue of the old debt, the budget, and others
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, respected
After greetings,
Further to our letter No. 2703 dated 12 November 934,
We present to you the report submitted to the esteemed General Council by the committee that
it formed for the purpose of studying the issues referred to in the report - and remain in peace.
Harun
Head of the Community
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
No. S 2825
Date 23 Dhu al-Qi'dah / 1353
27 / 2 / 1935
Telegraphic Address: Public Health
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Further to our letter No. 487 dated January 14 / 1935
And with reference to the terms of the contract agreed upon between the Jewish Hospitals Committee
and Dr. Kantz.
We have studied the terms under discussion and scrutinized them and found them in agreement
with the interest of the hospital, and therefore we confirm our approval of its registration in this General Directorate
provided that the approval of this General Directorate is obtained upon the expiration of its term if it is desired to extend
the service of the aforementioned doctor.
We also approve of his work in Radiology, Radioscopy, and Diathermy
according to his specialization and the treatment of inpatients in the hospital as well as outpatients
who visit the Radiology Institute belonging to Meir Elias Hospital. Furthermore,
in order that there be no discrepancy in fees which would harm the interests of the patients, you may
review and be guided by the fee scale established by the government for the Radiology Institute
belonging to the Iraqi Health Service and apply it to patients who visit the hospital
administration. This scale was published as a supplement to the Government Hospitals and Health Institutes
Management Regulation No. (8) of 1933.
Director of Public Health.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧
No. S ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
A. S.
533/W
56 N for the year 6
In the amount of two thousand two hundred and eighty-five fils
His Excellency the Governor of Baghdad District, Respected
362 Iranian Rials at a rate of 61 fils for every 7072, which are the remaining amounts
owed by the contractor Mr. Saleh bin Haskeel Ibrahim for the supply of meat to the hospital and the clinic
for the month of May 1936. Please kindly issue your order to the accountant to disburse it to the hospital
on behalf of
The Hospital Management Committee
Signature of the Accountant
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Ministry of Finance
General Revenue Directorate
Statistics Department
Baghdad - 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 353 and 14 March 935
Number - 5548
Subject - Property tax for the house numbered 2 or / 1
To the Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Reference to your petition numbered 3054 and dated 26 / 12 / 934
1- We have learned from the letter of the Baghdad Property Tax Officer numbered 44 and dated 27 / 2 / 35
that the house numbered 2 / 1 or, located in the Al-Sur neighborhood, was prepared for rent, and based
on your petition regarding its integration into Meir Elias Hospital, the committee inspected it and confirmed
that it has not been integrated and remains in its previous state; therefore, there is no justification
for exempting it from tax.
As for the vacancy, you may submit a petition regarding its vacancy to the Tax Officer so that he can
take the necessary action regarding it;
Director General of Revenue
True copy 21 / 4 / 35
⟦signature⟧
The Clerk
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Ministry of Finance
General Revenue Directorate
Statistics Department
Baghdad on 8 Dhu al-Hijjah / 1353 AH
14 March / 1935 AD
Number 5548
Subject: Property tax for house numbered 2 A / 1.
To: Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Reference to your petition numbered 3054 and dated 26 / 12 / 1934
-1- We learned from the letter of the Baghdad Property Tax Officer numbered 44 and dated
27 / 2 / 1935 that the house numbered 2/1 A and located in the Al-Sour
neighborhood was intended for rent, and based on your petition regarding its integration
into Meir Elias Hospital, the committee inspected it and confirmed that it was not
integrated and remains in its previous state. Therefore, there is nothing
justifying its exemption from tax.
As for the vacancy, you may submit a petition regarding its vacancy
to the Tax Officer so that he can take the necessary action regarding it.
General Revenue Director
2612
14 / 3 / 935
Answer - link the previous with the other papers
⟦Loz⟧
K.
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2 Safar 1354 and 5 May 935
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
His Excellency the Respected Director of the General Land Registry
After greetings
I hope to inform your Excellency that the virtuous notable Ibrahim Effendi Nahum
is the Chairman of the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad - and may you remain in respect
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community
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Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone Number: 6
Jewish Hospital Founders Society
Baghdad
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established, 1884
Telephone No. : 6
Meir Elias Hospital:
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital:
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy:
Meir Elias Hospital:
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital:
Refouah Pharmacy.:
No.:
Date: June 24, 1935
Mr. D. Sassoon ,
Mutawalli Waqf Revka Nouriel ,
Baghdad .
Sir ,
Referring to your letter of 31.5.35 , I
have the honor to inform you that the Committee of
Jewish Hospitals has delegated Messrs. Sassoon Cohen and D.
Muallim Saleh to examine the accounts of the said Waqf .
Please accept , Sir , my best regards
Nahum
President
Copy to the Consistory , for information .
The Jewish Hospital
Baghdad
No. 562 on April 25, 1956
To the Honorable Director General of Education, respected
Greetings and respect
We send herewith a copy of the final budget for the Rima Khedouri Hospital for the year 1955
which was not submitted - with apologies for an administrative oversight - at its appropriate time, hoping for its acceptance
On behalf of
The Hospital Committee
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The National School
Baghdad
Number: Private
Date: 5 July 925
Subject
Sir, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected
Head of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect,
We present to your Eminence the bearer, Nassim Salman, one of our relatives who has a
sick wife he wishes to admit to Meir Elias Hospital. Since he is in very
poor circumstances, we have come to petition your Eminence to kindly mediate with the
hospital administration so that they may accept her at half the fee. What we know of
your Eminence's mercy and compassion encourages us to make this petition. May you
remain a help to the weak and the afflicted.
Please accept, Your Eminence, the assurance of our highest respect.
Sincerely,
⟦Heskel⟧
⟦The National School⟧
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6 June 935
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His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
After greetings,
The Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad has decided to construct two houses in the corner
of the Meir Elias Hospital garden, adjacent to the house recently built, with only one floor
according to the attached design.
We request Your Excellency to kindly grant us the necessary permit for that.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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10 June 935
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected
I request your Excellency to kindly take the necessary legal measures to transfer ownership of the surplus
land of the Sawafiya road adjacent to the Meir Elias Hospital to the Jewish Community in Baghdad
to annex it to the aforementioned hospital and to dispatch a committee to estimate the value of the said surplus land;
⟦...⟧
Head of the Community
7 / R / 4
562 N Committee 2
⟦illegible⟧
Respected Secretary of the Hospital Committee
Greetings and respect,
We would like to inform you that the Hospital Committee, in its session held on ⟦illegible⟧
has decided to accept the resignation of the nurse ⟦illegible⟧ effective from ⟦illegible⟧
and to appoint the nurse ⟦illegible⟧ in her place with a monthly salary of ⟦illegible⟧
effective from the date she commences work at the hospital.
Please accept our highest respect
Secretary of the Hospital Committee
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His Excellency the Director of Travel, Residence, and Nationality, Respected
After greetings and respect
An agreement has been reached between the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad and Miss
Nurse Hilde Eberhardt, holder of the following address:-
Miss
Hilde Eberhardt
Köln-Ehrenfeld
Ottostr 85
to employ her as a nurse in Meir Elias Hospital, so I request that she be allowed to enter
Iraq,
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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7 K 2 957
569 N for the year 56
81
The Honorable Mr. Saleh Qahtan, the respected lawyer, Baghdad
Greetings and respect, thereafter:
We hope to send enclosed a copy of the hospital accounting instructions regarding the disbursement of amounts in cash.
-: And since we have refrained from disbursing the amounts due to his lack of knowledge of those
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H. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
The President ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
And there are still amounts with us, and we are not the ones who have any requirement for their allocation due to lack of entitlement, and accordingly
That the hospital
On his behalf
Al-Adli Hospital