AI en Translation, Pages 351-375
Page 351
5254
14 March 939
Baghdad Awqaf Regional Directorate
Reference to your letter No. 834 / 803 dated 9 February 939
We had paid to the Execution Department the amount of four dinars and nine hundred fils only according to
Execution receipt No. 18666 dated 16 / 1 / 938 and this amount is all that we were required
to pay for the expenses of the Mir Elias Hospital lawsuit because the amount of 18 dinars and 777 fils
which the Execution Department demanded from us according to its letter No. 37557 dated 1 / 12 / 1936
was not correct and was corrected as a result of the review;
On behalf of
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
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55 59
July 11, 939
Honorable Director of General Health
Regarding our consultation with your Excellency concerning the recruitment of Dr. Alfred Boris (from Budapest),
the radiology specialist, to be employed at Mir Elias Hospital, and after your review of the certificates
submitted for the aforementioned person and your approval to bring and employ him in the hospital, we request your Excellency
to inform us of this approval in writing so that we may bring him to Iraq. Respectfully.
⟦A.T⟧
Head of the Community
Head of the Mosaic Community
⟦illegible⟧
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5220
August 20, 1939
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Interior
Baghdad
After greetings and respect - we had consulted the Directorate of General Health regarding the recruitment of two foreigners
to replace Professor George Rosenow for internal diseases and Dr. Kanz for radiology, whose
term of service at Mir Elias Hospital has ended, and they granted us permission for that.
The prominent deficiency in the technical staff of the hospital, which contains 135 beds, is the absence of
a specialist doctor in obstetrics and gynecology, covering pre-natal and post-natal care, as well as
directly handling difficult births and performing cesarean sections and the like, which causes
losses in the lives of women and children at a high rate.
The female doctor currently performing the duties of obstetrics and gynecology does not hold a specialization in this
branch and does not have the required technical competence; it is intended for her to remain in the hospital to assist the
specialist doctor intended to be brought in to examine the women. Therefore, recruiting a foreign specialist
for this purpose is very necessary to avoid the damages resulting from the hospital remaining without one.
We beg Your Excellency's approval for this.
The second matter in which we seek Your Excellency's assistance is the recruitment of several capable foreign nurses
to organize the nursing process in the hospital. We have not succeeded in obtaining the necessary permission for that.
It is of utmost necessity, for example, to assign the head of nurses at Mir Elias Hospital to a foreign nurse with
experience, as is the case in the Royal Hospital in Baghdad. Also, nursing in the operating rooms requires
nurses with experience and practice, as the nurses currently occupying these positions find it difficult
even to know the names of the surgical instruments. Thus, the assistance that Your Excellency will graciously
provide us in this regard will have a great impact on upgrading the technical competence in this charitable hospital
established to serve the poor.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of our respect;
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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18 June 939
His Excellency the Minister of Interior, the Respected
After greetings and respect
Since Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of a head nurse and nurses for the
operating room and for the rest of the hospital departments, provided they are capable nurses who
have practiced nursing in hospitals, we have therefore recommended the recruitment of the nurses listed
below from Vienna to work in the aforementioned hospital. We request Your Excellency to instruct
the granting of the necessary permits for them to come to Iraq;
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
| Names of the Nurses
Miss. Doris Schulhof | Miss Doris Schulhof
" Nelly Butzke | Miss Nelly Butzke
" Boris Fischer | Miss Boris Fischer
" Elze Heilig | Miss Elze Heilig
ROTHCHILD - SPITAL | via Rothschild Hospital
WAHRINGERGURTEL | Wahringergurtel 97
Vienna | Vienna 18
18 |
5225
26 / 3 / 52
To the Honorable Director of the Israeli Hospital
Baghdad
We greet you and I offer my thanks to your noble person and to the hospital administration committee - and to the hospital finance committee in a
private capacity for agreeing to my request regarding the treatment of my dear child Yvette, who was staying in your hospital for a period of time
Thanking you for your kind care and attention to her and regarding our financial circumstances
As there was a sum of 561 Dinars owed by me, and by way of paying cash amounts to the hospital as room fees and fees for the nights she stayed in
the hospital, we were not able to pay it in full, and the remainder of the amounts mentioned above remained as our debt according to our ability
And in a monthly amount of 17 Dinars per month until all the amounts owed by us to the hospital are settled, thanking you for
your kindness in accepting that, as is always customary from you
The hospital's care and the services it provides to patients are very excellent care, and this is what we felt through
the presence of our child Yvette in the hospital and what the medical and nursing staff in the hospital provided in terms of attention and care
And especially the doctors and specialist doctors supervising her condition and the way they dealt with us despite the difficulty of the case
These amounts that we paid and which are owed by us, and this is our duty towards the hospital which provided us with all means of comfort
Thanking you for all the efforts made by you
In conclusion, I would like to thank you personally and ask you to kindly accept the amount of one hundred and eighty-seven Dinars in cash
In cash, and the rest at 17 Dinars and by way of paying cash amounts in installments - and with your approval to settle the remaining amounts
In monthly installments and periodically according to our financial ability, and I also ask you in your capacity as head of the committee
And the hospital administration to accept this request of mine if possible regarding paying the remaining amounts in a way that is comfortable for us and for you
Due to my difficult financial circumstances and due to the many family obligations that fall on my shoulders towards my family and children
And the requirements of living, and this is my request to you, hoping for the kindness of accepting this request of mine, as I also ask you to provide me with a receipt
For the amounts paid by us to the hospital for documentation purposes and according to what is followed by you, thanking you for your kind cooperation
And please accept my highest appreciation and respect
The father of the child Yvette ⟦illegible⟧
The Israeli Hospital
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522
7 May 1939
Directorate of Travel, Residence and Nationality Baghdad
Since Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of capable nurses, we have decided to bring
the nurses whose names are listed below from Vienna to perform nursing duties in the aforementioned hospital.
We kindly request you to grant them the necessary permits to come to Iraq.
Miss Doris Schulhof | Miss Doris Schulhof
Miss Nelly Butzke | Miss Nelly Butzke
Miss Boris Fischer | Miss Boris Fischer
Miss Elfe Heilig | Miss ⟦Elfe⟧ Heilig
c/o Rothschild Hospital | c/o Rothschild-Spital
Währingergürtel 97 | ⟦Währingergürtel⟧ 97
Vienna 18 | Vienna 18
On behalf of
Head of the Community
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5 June
263 on 8 June 7
His Excellency the Prime Minister, the Highly Respected
On the occasion of the preparations for the election of members of the Chamber of Deputies, and since the Mosaic community in Iraq has legitimate political rights like other Iraqi communities, and since the aforementioned community has been accustomed in previous elections to having representatives in the Chamber of Deputies in proportion to its population in Iraq, and since the population of the community in Iraq reaches about one hundred thousand people distributed as follows:
Baghdad and its suburbs | district | 75
Basra and its dependencies | district | 12
Mosul and its dependencies | district | 10
Diwaniyah and its dependencies | district | 12
The four in the city of Baghdad alone
The fifth in the northern provinces
The sixth in the southern provinces
The seventh in the Basra province
The eighth in the Mosul province
The ninth in the Muntafiq province
The tenth in the Amara province
The eleventh in the Kirkuk province
The twelfth in the Diyala province
Excluding those scattered in the rest of Iraq
72 applied in Baghdad
81 in Mosul
91 in Basra
Sincerely
Head of the Mosaic Community
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5912
9 April 940
Secretariat of the Capital
Baghdad
The Khan numbered 32 A - 242 Kolat is part of the Meir Elias Hospital endowments and has been
prepared for many years to house the poor for free. On this basis, the Secretariat of the Capital has not
demanded a guard fee for the aforementioned Khan since ancient times. However, now the collector has begun to follow up
demanding these fees. Since the Khan does not yield any income for the hospital as we have explained,
we request you to order the exemption of the hospital from paying guard fees for this Khan, which is used
as a shelter for the poor. 4
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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5824
19
7 February 940
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 196 dated 10 January 939 to the Director of Meir
Elias Hospital, which was referred to us.
Since the kitchen in question has been in its current location since ancient times and is an ordinary kitchen
like any other kitchen, and since the intention is to prevent the spread of smoke over the neighboring houses, we
have taken all possible measures to remove this harm by repairing and raising the chimney, and thus
the causes of complaint have actually ceased. In any case, we are ready to carry out any technical repair
that you may suggest to us.
With all respect to Your Excellency,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
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Based on the invitation addressed by the President of the Lay Council to the members of the Council and the Hospitals Committee, there attended at
the house on the evening of Sunday, February 18, 1940, Messrs. Eliyahu Hayyim ⟦Tweig⟧, ⟦Rashid⟧ Dangour, Ezra Elia,
and Salman Hakim. In the presence of His Eminence the Head of the Community, the letter of the Hospitals Committee dated January 7, 1940, was read.
A deliberation took place regarding it, and it was consequently decided to conduct a subscription drive for the amount of two thousand five hundred dinars through a
special committee, in order to alleviate the financial distress of the Hospitals Fund and the Community Fund, provided that its
proceeds are divided as follows: fifty percent to the Community Fund as additional income, and fifty percent to the
Hospitals Fund, to be taken by the Hospitals Committee from all amounts received according to ⟦the manner⟧ in the
subscription collection schedule, provided that these amounts are not counted as part of its allocations. Furthermore, if donors contribute amounts
during the subscription year, these donated amounts shall be divided in the same proportion and under the same conditions.
Khedouri
Ezra M. Da | Shua Samuel | ⟦Ibrahim⟧
Daoud | ⟦Ibrahim⟧
Filing
2/26
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Baghdad
To the Chairman of the Committee for Jewish Hospitals, Meir Effendi Danon
The Respected
Greetings and respect, thereafter.
It is not hidden from you that an official who leaves his position, whether of his own accord
and especially in the manner in which I was removed, which I do not wish to repeat, the superior or the association must pay
the salaries of that official immediately; however, unfortunately ⟦nothing⟧ of this sort happened. Then, upon leaving the position,
I met His Eminence the Head of the Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, inquiring for him to inform me on how to collect
my salaries. He answered me to write to the Chairman of the Committee, and indeed I submitted to you an official letter dated April 3,
940. At the same time and date, I submitted to you another private letter, requesting you to pay me my salaries. And since
my official letter mentioned the manner of my terrible separation, you summoned me to the office of the Community Presidency. After back and forth,
I found you disgusted by my official letter because I stated the truth. At that point, I tore up my official letter out of courtesy and settled
for my private letter and your promises to pay the following week. After this meeting, I received your letter dated April 8,
940, in which you thank me on behalf of the Committee for my work during the period I served, without mentioning anything
about the salaries. Then I waited for two weeks without seeing anything from you, so I was forced to send Ezra Menashi to ⟦your side⟧,
and it was on April 18, 940. The aforementioned informed me that the requirements would be sent to me on Sunday,
meaning April 21, 940, before the holiday. I waited for this period and more without seeing anything worth mentioning from you except
silence, until I was forced to send you another private letter dated May 8, 940, asking you to inform me
if it was not your intention to conclude this matter so that I do not repeat my demands for something useless. The
answer came to me via Ezra Menashi as well, that the requirements would be sent to us in the coming week. Then on May 19, ⟦94⟧,
I contacted you by telephone and your answer was "thank you, thank you." Now it has been about two months without me seeing anything from you except
stalling from one week to another. Therefore, I have come with this letter of mine, hoping that you will look closely at my letter and at the stalling
from one week to another. I also ask you to turn your attention to whether this treatment of yours is fitting for a person like me,
to treat him with this stalling. As if you were not satisfied with the treatment of my terrible departure, you began with promises from one day to another.
If you had informed me frankly that you cannot pay these salaries except after six months or a year or two years,
it would have been more honorable than promising me from one day to another, knocking on the door to no avail. If you looked closely at your letter dated
March 8, 938, signed under your signature, when I requested my resignation due to the salaries, you informed me that I should not take
your promises as procrastination and stalling, given the critical situation the hospitals are going through in terms of financial
distress, and you asked me to persevere in my work. Yielding to your wish, I persevered in my work, thinking that with the passage of time
this injustice and fate would disappear. However, unfortunately, the longer the time, the more the injustice increased until I am now owed
134 / 204 Dinars for a salary of approximately 14 months. In addition to my silence, I was removed in the manner that you
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5981
24 June 1940
His Excellency the Director of General Health, Respected
The Mir Elias Hospital is in need of a specialist doctor in pediatrics. There is
currently in Baghdad the specialist doctor (Wilhelm Strauss) who was previously granted
a license by the health authorities to open a clinic in Kirkuk. We have reached an agreement with him as
follows:
1) The aforementioned doctor shall practice medicine at Mir Elias Hospital in the pediatric department.
2) He is not permitted to open a private clinic or partner with another doctor in a clinic outside
the hospital or in his residence.
3) The aforementioned person is permitted to visit patients in their homes only.
Please kindly issue the authorization for the mentioned doctor Wilhelm Strauss to practice medicine
at Mir Elias Hospital in accordance with what is stated above;
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Number S - 14897
Date - 18 / 5 / 1359
24 / 6 / 1940
Telegraphic Address: Saham
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad
Registration Department
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. ✓
Subject - Dr. Wilhelm Strauss ⟦signature⟧
With reference to your letter numbered 5981 and dated June 24, 1940.
We approve the employment of Dr. Wilhelm Strauss, the pediatric specialist,
at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad according to the conditions set out in your letter referred to
above, provided that the aforementioned doctor is not allowed to visit patients in their homes
except for medical consultation only by a written letter from the treating physician.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health
Copy to the Presidency of Health of the Baghdad Province for information.
Copy to the Registration Department for notation.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 7654
Date 28 / 6 / 940
⟦signature⟧
Badi'
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
1835
31 November 36
The Honorable Chairman of the Hospital Committee
Greetings. Considering that the nurse mentioned below has completed her scheduled period of service at the hospital,
it has been decided to grant her a (rest leave) for a period of fifteen days starting from 17
November 36 until the first of December 36 inclusive, according to hospital instructions.
: Specifically
1) Nurse Mary Salim, who completed her scheduled period of service at the hospital on 16
November 36, and accordingly was granted leave for a period of fifteen days until 2
December 36. Nurse Mary Salim
Nurse Mary Salim has completed her scheduled period of service at the
hospital on 16 November 36, and accordingly was granted leave for a period of fifteen days
until 2 December 36. Nurse Mary Salim
Signature
Mar Elias Hospital
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2004
2 July 940
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, the Respected
After greetings and respect
The Meir Elias Charitable Hospital was in dire need of a technical operating table and we have now
imported the required table from the ⟦illegible⟧ shop in America for the value of -/906
dollars (at a rate of 4/025 dollars per one dinar) for 225/105 dinars
And considering that Meir Elias Hospital is one of the charitable hospitals, we request Your Excellency to kindly
issue the decision to exempt this table from customs duties, and to Your Excellency all respect
Hilla
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
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2122
30 September 940
His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs, the respected
After greetings and respect,
The Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of a specialist doctor to manage the Roentgen
X-ray Institute, which has remained idle for some time due to the lack of a specialist to manage it.
We have previously consulted the Directorate of Public Health, and they authorized the recruitment of a doctor from abroad
for this purpose. We have now found the specialist doctor, Ibrahim Oppenheim, who is of German
nationality and has served at the American University of Beirut for eight years. The aforementioned
person is currently in Beirut, so please grant us the necessary authorization to bring him and appoint him
at Meir Elias Hospital. To Your Excellency, much gratitude and respect;
Sassoon
Head of the Community
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦illegible handwritten note in Hebrew script⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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28 Adar 5696 Zakho
To the excellence of the Rabbi, the Gaon, the Pious and Humble, His Honor the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, may God protect it and grant him life
Great peace and mercy
Since there has come before us to grant himself a matter and a need concerning an act of kindness, Mr. Meir bin Shabbat
And he is an old man, a very old man, a poor and destitute man, and this year he is dependent on his chair and he is now unemployed and empty and has
no livelihood in the world and has no one to help him from his relatives whether in Baghdad or in Russia, and he has not engaged in any
other business in his life except his craft, and now our Rock has stood for them here not to sell meat
except for them, and now he is in a state of abandonment and these troubles are excessive upon him as you shall see, and it has become a burden
We request from his precious honor a request as much as possible, for his goodness is heard in Baghdad and especially his kindness, that there be a reward of help and charity
The young Moshe
H. Shalom Hen
The young Yosef
Amram HaLevi
S.T. Y.Tz.V. ⟦illegible⟧
Zakho Y.Tz.V.
The servant Abraham
ben Shimon HaKohen
Y.Tz.V.
The servant Abraham
Benjamin Y.Tz.V.
The Righteous Court of the Holy Community of Zakho Y.Tz.V.
The Israeli Religious Court
in
Zakho
1936
5696
Jewish Religious Court of Zakho
The Ritual Slaughterers and Examiners of the city of Zakho Y.Tz.V.
Council of Jewish Rabbinical Teachers
in Zakho
Jewish Slaughterer Zaco
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The aforementioned is a resident of Zakho and is among those who earn
a living and is among those in need and poverty, and based on that we hope for the favor of assisting him as
interest requires and the matter is up to you, and we confirm the truth of what is mentioned above ⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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The Jewish Community
In Amara
Number:
Date: 16 August 940
Subject: - A serious wound requiring surgical care in a
hurried manner before the opportunity is lost
His Eminence, the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
Greetings and respect
The bearer of this letter, named Yaqub Nassim Taqqu, is from the people of Amara and resides
in (⟦Duri⟧ Quarter). He has suffered a serious wound in his foot and requires surgical care, so please
order his admission to the late Meir Elias Hospital free of charge because the aforementioned is very poor
and has great merit over the people of Amara. This matter is very dangerous, so we request your Eminence to
take interest in his admission in an urgent manner. May you remain in respect.
On behalf of the Head of the Jewish Community in Amara
Doctor
Yaqub
JEWISH COMMUNITY
AMARA
The Jewish Community in Amara
⟦illegible⟧
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2044
6 August 940
Honorable Gentlemen, Chairman and Members of the Respected Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect
Our joy was great at what we witnessed in Meir Elias Hospital and Rima
Khedouri Eye Hospital during my visit to them on the morning of Sunday the 4th, accompanied by their Excellencies
the Minister of Social Affairs and the Director of General Health. What the respected Hospitals Committee
has achieved in Meir Elias Hospital during recent years in terms of reforms in the
structural and technical aspects was a cause for admiration for all of us and our fragrant praise for these noble
humanitarian works
I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your continuous efforts for our
health institutions and your eagerness to ensure their progress to achieve the public benefit
Please accept the highest respect;
S S
Head of the Community
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Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
"Pharmacy Section"
427
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 30 / 1 / 1360
26 / 2 / 1941
27
To the Director of Meir Elias Hospital Administration
Subject - Mr. Hamazaki's account statement.
The attention of this Directorate has been drawn to the account statement that Mr. Hamazaki was asked to pay
for the delivery fees of his wife in your hospital on 23 / 12 / 1940, from which it appears that the hospital -
first asked him to pay an amount of 114 Dinars and 250 Fils according to the first list, but then it made
significant reductions in it, and accordingly collected from him 77 Dinars as shown in the second list.
| First List | Second List
| Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar
Dr. Cruickshank's fee | ⟦line⟧ | 40 | ⟦line⟧ | 20
Nurses' fees | ⟦line⟧ | 9 | ⟦line⟧ | 7
For nurses' food | 250 | 3 | 500 | 2
Dr. Strauss's fee (for anesthesia) | ⟦line⟧ | 10 | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Dr. Hanina's fee | ⟦line⟧ | 15 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Room fee (10 days) | ⟦line⟧ | 11 | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Blood and urine test fee | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 500 | 3
Instrument preparation fees | ⟦line⟧ | 15 | ⟦line⟧ | 12
Servants | ⟦line⟧ | 12 | ⟦line⟧ | 12
| 250 | 114 | ⟦line⟧ | 77
The Public Health Interest is tasked with supervising the operation of private hospitals and is very concerned
with understanding the circumstances surrounding this case and the reasons justifying the collection of these exorbitant fees
which are not at all proportional to what government hospitals charge for cases like this, which, if it were in
the Royal Hospital in Baghdad, for example, its cost would not have exceeded the amount of 12 Dinars, including the
room fee at the Nursing Home at a rate of 750 Fils per day, and the surgery fee which does not exceed
3 Dinars, and the nursing, analysis, examination fees, and others. Therefore, we request you to provide us with your notes on
the case, and we specifically wish to know the type of work performed by Dr. Hanina for which he deserved
⟦payment⟧ of the fee of 15 Dinars that he initially demanded, and the reasons for waiving it afterwards, and the method
and location of the analyses, and the fees related to the preparation of instruments, and the fees for servants and nurses which -
we find very strange, and who listed them, and is it customary in the world for the anesthesia fee to be half the fee of the
surgeon, as you recorded 10 Dinars for anesthesia and 20 Dinars for the obstetrician? This is also a strange thing.
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That such fees damage the medical reputation that a charitable hospital like yours should enjoy,
and that hospitals were established primarily for human service and not for private profit. We await
your reply as quickly as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Public Health.
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs
Copy to His Eminence, the Head of the Jewish Community
Copy to the Presidency of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Copy to Mr. Hamazaki.
Maran.
⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established, 1884
Telephone No. 1480
—:o:—
Meir Elias Hospital
Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy.
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number: 1480
—:o:—
Meir Elias Hospital
Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No. Number:
Date: 13 January 1941
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings and respect. In view of the financial constraints of the hospitals and the deficit prevailing over them
for many years, we request your Excellency to mediate with the competent authorities in requesting
permission to open a subscription for the hospitals in the amount of one thousand five hundred Dinars, and to your Excellency respect.
⟦signature⟧
Chairman of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
7818
15 / 1 / 1941
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January 19, 941
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected
After greetings and respect
The Israeli charitable hospitals in Baghdad (Meir Elias Hospital, Hospital
Rima Khedouri, Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy) are in a state of permanent deficit, and their finances have been affected by the war
greatly, as their revenues decreased on one hand and their expenses increased on the other, thus increasing
their financial situation from bad to worse. In order to maintain these charitable institutions, we request Your Excellency
to kindly grant us the necessary permit to open a subscription for the amount of one thousand five hundred dinars to be allocated to the hospitals
Israeli in Baghdad. To Your Excellency, with abundant respect,
For presentation
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established, 1891
Telephone No. 1450
Meir Elias Hospital
Remah Zedekiah Eye Hospital
Rima Kadoorie Hospital
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in the year 1891
Telephone No. 1450
2962
To the Ministry of Social Affairs
27 / 2 / 941
On the occasion of the appointment of Mr. ⟦Shakir⟧ Al-Saleh as Director of Finance,
we request your Excellency to kindly approve his assignment as a member of our hospital committee. Given that he is a senior official
in our region, his joining our committee will assist us greatly in managing the affairs of this charitable institution which
performs noble services for humanity as it opens its doors to all the poor and needy from all sects and religions without exception.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
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( 17 )
6215
18 February 941
His Excellency the Minister of Interior, the Respected
After greetings and respect
The Jewish charitable hospitals in Baghdad (Meir Elias Hospital, Hospital
Rima Khedhouri, Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy) are in a state of permanent deficit and their finances have been greatly affected by the war
significantly, as their revenues decreased on one hand and their expenses increased on the other, thus increasing
their financial situation from bad to worse. In order to run these charitable institutions, we request Your Excellency
to kindly grant us the necessary permit to open a subscription for the amount of one thousand five hundred dinars to be allocated to the hospitals
Jewish in Baghdad. To Your Excellency, with abundant respect.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community