AI en Translation, Pages 401-425
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number :: 7157
Date :: 15 November 942
Subject ::
His Excellency the Director General of Social and Health Affairs, Respected
After greetings and respect.
The Directorate of Jewish Hospitals has previously submitted to the Directorate of Social Affairs a request for
medicines from the medical storehouse that were not found in the storehouses and pharmacies of Baghdad, and the answer was "with
regret, it is impossible for the medical storehouse to supply these materials under the present circumstances as what is available
hardly suffices to meet the needs of government institutions. We have learned from the Directorate of the Medical Storehouse the possibility of obtaining
them from Bombay or Palestine at prices that do not differ from the storehouse prices."
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that the health institutions managed by the Jewish community in Baghdad are
among the public charitable institutions that serve the community and ensure the public benefit that the
country lacks. For example, Meir Elias Hospital always contains 130 beds occupied at all times, and in the
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital there are 32 beds, while the average number of those who visit for eye treatment is 750 - 800 patients
daily, all of whom are poor from all religions. This is besides the Dar al-Shifa dispensary for the poor, which provides medical
service to patients at an average of 200 - 220 visitors daily and provides them with medicines for free, and there are eye
dispensaries in all schools.
The Jewish community in Baghdad spends huge sums on these extensive institutions, which it collects
from the yield of endowments and from the donations of benefactors. In doing so, besides providing health service to a large number of
citizens, it undoubtedly greatly relieves the government's burdens in this regard.
In such a case, the recourse of these institutions to request the assistance of the venerable government in
critical times is a natural matter, and it is expected that they will receive all sympathy and assistance that encourages them to continue
performing the share they have taken upon themselves of public service, including providing them with the medicines
they need at the prescribed prices as long as obtaining them from the market is difficult.
We have firm hope that Your Excellency will appreciate these representations of ours and instruct the medical storehouse to deliver the quantities
of medicines requested in the attached list to Meir Elias Hospital after paying their prices. To Your Excellency, highest
respect.
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Community
Hospitals
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Division: Pharmacies
File Number:
Number:
Date: 24 / 4 / 1943
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community.
Subject: Request for Quinine.
⟦line⟧
With reference to your letter dated 16 / 4 / 1943
Regrettably, we are unable to supply quinine to non-governmental institutions, and you can
substitute it with tablets that can be purchased from the Ephraim Tweg drug store.
Minister of Social Affairs.
⟦illegible⟧
Muhammad.
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16 April 943
Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 5328 dated 22 / 3 / 943 to the Presidency of Health of the Liwa of
Baghdad, a copy of which was sent to us.
Upon our review with the Presidency of Health of the Liwa of Baghdad, they informed us that Quinine is not available
at the private stores, and the Presidency of Health has written to your esteemed Ministry in this regard
in its letter No. 1247 dated 24 / 3 / 943. We therefore request you to kindly issue your orders to supply
Meir Elias Hospital with the required Quinine from the Medical Store itself.
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Pharmacy Division
File Number ⟦line⟧
Number ⟦line⟧
Date 13 / 2 / 1362
20 / 3 / 1943
To the Health Presidency of Baghdad Province
Subject - Supply of Quinine
We are sending you herewith a copy of the letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in
Baghdad, No. 7226, dated 11 / 3 / 1943, regarding the request to provide -
Meir Elias Hospital with Quinine Sulfate powder, requesting instructions to one of the warehouses
that possesses this substance to provide the aforementioned hospital with another quantity
of it.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Minister of Social Affairs
Copy to the pharmacist Ephraim Salman Tweg
And we request that the aforementioned hospital be taken into consideration when distributing Quinine tablets
and ampoules to private pharmacies.
Copy to the Presidency of the Jewish Community
In reference to their letter mentioned above.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 4104
Date 22 / 3 / 943
On behalf of / R
Health letter to the Ministry of Social Affairs
Number 1247
Date 24 / 3 / 43
Khedhouri Meir Levi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Youssef Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Sassoon
Sassoon Rabbi Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Sion Sheena
Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
Meir Shaul Menashi Shamshua
Meir Menachem Mahlab
Meir Rabbi Moshe Dangoor
Menashi Ibrahim Karji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo David
Moiz Ita
Moshe Shaul Swenir
N
Dr. Nurallah Moussa
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zeloof
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh El-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Aboudi
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50 grs. Pure Codeine
50 " " phosphate
50 Ks Glycerine
2000 tab. 693 tablet
200 amp. 693 ampoule
100 grs Morphine hydrochloride
200 grs Novocaine
200 amp Quinine amp hydrochloride
10 ks Codliver oil
200 grs Silver nitrate
10 " " " Crayon
20 " Dionine
10 " Heroin Hydrochloride
1000 amp Vitamin C. amp
5000 tab Vitamin C. Tab.
200 grs Hydrarg ammoniat.
Glass measures
Size 10
Size 50
Size 250
Size 500
Size 1000
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Mortars, number of four, various
Spatulas, number of six, various
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50° | grs | Pure Codeine
50 | grs | " phosphate
50 | Ks | Glycerin
2000 | tab | 693 tablet
200 | amp | 693 ampoule
100 | grs | Morphine Hydrochloride
200 | grs | Novocaine Hydrochloride
200 | amp | Quinine amp hydrochloride 1/2 grs
10 | Ks | Cod Liver Oil
200 | grs | Silver Nitrate
10 | grs | " " Pencil
20 | grs | Dionine
10 | grs | Heroin Hydrochloride
1000 | Amp | Vitamin C amp
5000 | tab | Vitamin C. tab.
200 | grs | Ammoniated mercury
20 grs . Codeine pure
20 " " phosphate
20 Kg Glycerine
2000 tab. tab. 633 tablet
200 amp. amp. 633 ampoule
100 grs Morphine Hydrochloride
200 grs Novocaine
500 amp Quinine amp Hydrochloride
10 Kg Codliver oil
200 grs Argent Nitrate
10 " " Crayon
20 " Dionine
10 " Heroine Hydrochloride
1000 amp Vitamine C. amp
2000 tab Vitamine C. tab.
200 grs Hidrarg ammoniat.
Inventory list in the pharmacy
1000 pills
500 pills
250 pills
500 pills
1000 pills
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Health Directorate of Baghdad Municipality
Mir Elias Hospital
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number ::
Date :: 29 November 943
Subject :: Sh
His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs, the Respected
His Excellency the Director of General Health, the Respected
After greetings and respect
The Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of the medical materials and tools
listed in the attached list, and I request Your Excellency to order their issuance
to the hospital from the government medical store, due to the impossibility of obtaining them
from private pharmacies and drug stores. With thanks and gratitude
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Community
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7582
2 December 943
His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs, the Respected
After greetings and respect,
Mar Elias Hospital is in dire need of the medical materials and tools
listed in the attached list, and I request Your Excellency to order their disbursement to the hospital
from the government medical store, due to the impossibility of obtaining them from pharmacies
and private medicine stores.
To Your Excellency, thanks and respect,
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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Number: 2080
Date: 5 / 2 / 1362
11 / 2 / 1943
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Section — Pharmacies —
File Number ⟦line⟧
Urgent
To the Presidency of Health of Baghdad Province.
Subject: — Supply of Quinine material.
Please instruct the medical stores that have Quinine compounds to
supply Mir Elias Hospital with the following materials and receive the value from the hospital administration —
directly.
Quinine Sulfate | 4 Kilograms
Quinine Hydrochloride | 3 "
Quinine Dihydrochloride | 1 "
Euquinine | 2 "
⟦illegible stamp⟧
For the Minister of Social Affairs.
Copy to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in reference to its letter No. 7234
dated 29 / 1 / 1943.
Kh 10 B
Khedhouri Muthir Lawi
Khedhouri Murad Shuker
D
Daoud Mamrah
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Lawyer Daoud Ezra Musaffi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Yousef Moallem Saleh
R
Lawyer Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
S
Lawyer Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Jajak
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Sion Sheina
Lawyer Salman Hoki Abboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Terzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
M
Muthir Shaul Menashi Shohet
Muthir Menahem Mahab
Muthir Hakham Moshe Dangour
Menashi Ibrahim Karji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo David
Moiz Ita
Moshe Shaul Sofer
Dr. Nurullah Moussa
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zalouf
Lawyer Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh Al-Kabir
Yousef Nassim Abboudi
M. B. Shalom Dway
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Ministry of Social Affairs
After greetings and respect
We have previously submitted a request to the Central Import Committee in Baghdad for the purpose of
granting us a license to import some medicines that we are in dire need of, however the committee
mentioned above struck out the Quinine substance from the list and granted us a license to import
the other medicines. Upon our follow-up with them regarding this matter, they informed us that this substance
meaning Quinine, no one is allowed to import it from abroad except for the
Government Interest itself, which in turn supplies health institutes according to
need, based on their letter numbered 2721 and dated 7/22/1944
a copy of which is attached for your information.
Therefore, since our health institutions, including Meir Elias Hospital,
are in dire need of this substance, we kindly ask you to supply us with the quantities
listed below, and with ⟦utmost⟧ respect.
The President
4 K Quinine Sulfate.
3 K " Chlorhydrate
1 K " Bichlorhydrate
2 K Euquinine
To be settled on paper
Quantity ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
1/12
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7224
January 29, 943
Ministry of Social Affairs
After greetings and respect
The Israeli Hospitals Committee has previously submitted a request to the Central Import Committee
in Baghdad for the purpose of obtaining an import license for medicines that are in dire need, however
the Import Committee struck the Quinine item from the list and authorized the import of other medicines. Upon follow-up
it appeared from the letter numbered 3731 dated 12/24/942 received from the Import Committee that Quinine is not
allowed to be imported from abroad except for the interest of the government itself, which in turn supplies health
institutes with it according to need. Attached is a copy of the mentioned letter for your information.
Since our health institutions, including Meir Elias Hospital, are in dire need of this ⟦substance⟧
we hope that you will order our supply with the quantities of Quinine listed below.
With utmost thanks and further respect.
Head of the Community
4 K Quinine Sulphate
3 K " Chlorhydrate
1 K " Bichlorhydrate
2 K Euquinine
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7841
23 July 944
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, the Respected
Meir Elias Hospital has received from Palestine, from the company Assia Chemical
Laboratories Ltd., medicines packed in two boxes valued at 359/598 Dinars. This shipment has arrived
at the Baghdad Customs. Since these imports were not brought for trade, but rather for the purpose of utilizing
them for charitable and humanitarian purposes, we request Your Excellency to kindly exempt them from the customs
import duty.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 36 - 1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Daoud Nahum
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazzoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe
H
Heskel Daoud Shamtob
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad
Kh
Khedhouri Meir Lawi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Yusuf Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Sassoon
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Zion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
S (Sad)
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Zion Shua Gigi
Zion Ezra Nissan
A (Ain)
Abdullah Zion Sheina
Abboudi Seeq
Lawyer Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Ezra Qaraeen
Dr. Ezra Menachem Daniel
Ezra Nassim Al-Wiyah
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Isaac
Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie
Gurji Shalom Lawi
M
Meir Shaul Menashi Shashua
Meir Menachem Mahlab
Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor
Menashi Ibrahim Gurji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo Daoud
Moza Yatta
Moshe Shaul Sofer
N
Dr. Nurullah Moussa
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zalouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh Al-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Abboudi
⟦illegible⟧
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784 -
23 July 944
⟦7/7/944⟧
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, the Respected
The Meir Elias Hospital has received from America from the A. S. Aloe Coy company
surgical instruments and tools shipped in two boxes valued at 1269.20 dollars, which
equals 316 Dinars. This shipment has arrived at the port of Basra, and since
these imports were not brought for trade but rather for the purpose of using them for charitable
and humanitarian purposes, we request Your Excellency to kindly exempt them from customs import duties.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of our highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧
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Jewish Hospitals' Administration
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 3006 / 7480 BAGHDAD
Jewish Hospitals' Administration
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Telephone No. 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
No. 2/292
Date: 12 / 7 / 1944
To the President of the (Hevra Kadisha) Society, the Honorable Rabbi Salman Hoki
Greetings,
1 - The sons of Ibrahim Shalom, who are the persons tasked with transporting the deceased to the cemetery, have become accustomed
to taking out stretchers and other items from the hospital when they come in the event of a person's death,
under the pretext of covering them on the road and other excuses. We have drawn their attention
to this repeatedly but to no avail. It happened in recent days that they took a coffin with a deceased child
without the knowledge of the administration or any person in the hospital. Then, when we learned of it and sent the servant
to bring it back, they apologized for its presence with them and promised to return it, but they have not returned it until now despite the passage of
ten days and despite the servant's daily insistence. Therefore, we request that you kindly send
1/150 Dinars to the hospital administration as compensation against a receipt from us for the price of the mentioned coffin,
because the aforementioned persons are affiliated with your esteemed society. Please be informed that we will take measures
regarding the hospital gatekeepers to not allow them entry at all if they continue these shameful acts
of theirs. On the other hand, the administration will itself make the necessary arrangements to send the deceased
from the hospital to the cemetery.
2 - They have also become accustomed to demanding an amount ranging between 400 - 600 fils from the administration
for the death of a small child in the event that his family is unable to pay anything due to their poverty, and as
you know, the arrangement of such cases is the responsibility of your society.
Therefore, we hope that you will take the necessary measures regarding what is stated above, and the matter is yours.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
⟦JEWISH HOSPITALS' ADMINISTRATION ⟦line⟧ BAGHDAD⟧
A copy of it to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for their kind information and to the President of the Jewish Hospitals Committee.
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⟦22207⟧
⟦Incoming⟧
⟦10 / 6 / 944⟧
⟦3607⟧
7725
5 June 944
His Excellency the Minister of Interior, the Respected
Due to the general rise in prices, the revenues of the Jewish hospitals
in Baghdad are no longer sufficient to cover their expenses, which have expanded significantly, such that the deficit
has begun to overtake its fund in a manner that has disrupted the timely payment of salaries, and debts
have begun to accumulate on the hospital in a way that makes one fear the consequences.
The health institutions managed by the community are:
1) Meir Elias Hospital
2) Rima Khedouri Hospital
3) Dispensary for the Poor
4) Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
It has been decided, in order to alleviate this financial distress that these institutions are going through,
to submit to Your Excellency a request for permission for the Community Presidency to open a public subscription for the benefit of the Jewish hospitals
in the amount of two thousand dinars.
It is our firm hope that Your Excellency will grant us the required permit at the earliest opportunity so that we may manage
the affairs of these beneficial public institutions.
To Your Excellency, much gratitude and respect;
⟦Sassoon⟧
President of the Community
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Rights
Number: 2488
Date: 7 / 8 / 1944
Statement
Based on the authority vested in us pursuant to the second paragraph of Article Seven
of the Lotteries and Public Subscriptions Law No. 40 of 1939, we authorize the Head
of the Jewish Community to conduct a public subscription to collect (2000) two thousand Dinars for the benefit
of the Jewish hospitals it manages throughout Iraq for a period of six months starting
from the date of issuance of this statement.
Minister of Interior
Copy to - Ministry of Social Affairs - with reference to its letter No. 11599 -
dated 22 / 6 / 1944.
Baghdad Governorate - with reference to its letter No. 8700 dated
19 / 6 / 1944.
General Police Directorate - with reference to its letter No. G/917 dated
5 / 8 / 1944.
General Directorate of Propaganda - for publication in the Official Gazette.
⟦Presidency of the Central Committee - with reference to its letter No. 7730⟧
⟦Dated 15 / 6 / 1944⟧
⟦Hospital⟧
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S. S. 20266
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24 / 2 / 44
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Thirteen — If the slaughterhouse butchers go on strike and refrain from slaughtering based on sectarian differences, and
the Council takes upon itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse based on the strike arising from the aforementioned sectarian differences,
then the contractor has the right to demand from the Council the daily contract fee for the duration of the strike only (the daily contract fee is
the quotient of the total contract fee divided by the number of days on which slaughtering is carried out during the year).
Fourteen — The Lay Council reserves the following points:
(a) The Council may organize the contract on the aforementioned bases within the regulations in order to secure its rights on the bases of
the commitment.
(b) All necessary expenses such as the half-percent brokerage fee, the notarization of the commitment contract by the notary public, the value of stamps,
and other fees shall be the responsibility of the contractor only, and the Council shall not participate in them.
(c) What is relied upon regarding this commitment is the written contract only.
(d) The Council has the option to extend the period of the final award if it deems it necessary, and it alone has the right to confirm the final
award, cancel it, or accept other guarantees within three full days starting from the day following the aforementioned
award.
(e) Half of the brokerage fee mentioned in paragraph (b) of this article is due to the broker appointed by the Council, who is
⟦line⟧ and the other half to the broker who brings the final bidder and through whom the commitment contract is
concluded and definitively awarded to him. The full brokerage amount shall be collected from the contractor and given to the two aforementioned
brokers by the Council.
Addendum: Slaughtering must be restricted to the city of Baghdad alone, and no slaughtering may take place in
Karrada or Adhamiya except after the approval of the Council.
President of the Lay Council
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19092
- Technical Body -
7 Muharram 364
22 December 944
Land Registry Directorate of Baghdad Province
Subject - Sale of road surplus
Reference to your letter numbered 9435 and dated 9 / 11 / 944
It has been confirmed to us after inspection and survey that the area of the road surplus located
in Al-Sur neighborhood and sold to the Presidency of the Israelite Community equals 1024 square meters
and not 1004 square meters as mentioned in our letter numbered 2112 and dated 15 / 2 / 943
meaning an increase of 20 square meters, and we have collected the value of the extra meters amounting to 10 Dinars
pursuant to receipt numbered 115 / 5721 and dated 11 / 12 / 944. Please register
the surplus in question in the name of the Community and consolidate it with their aforementioned property and collect the fees -
required according to the regulations.
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to -
First Technical Department
Presidency of the Israelite Community - for information
File F 2 / 60
14
A A
Documents
For filing
12/27
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8129
12 February 945
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected
After greetings and respect
We wish to state hereby that the house numbered 56 B / 242
Located in the Al-Ma'kulat neighborhood, which is an endowment for the Meir Elias Hospital
Was considered a Khan and the guarding fees were estimated accordingly. Since
The mentioned house was and still is leased for residential purposes and has not been used
In any way as a Khan, please kindly reconsider the matter
And collect the guarding fees for it as a residential house.
And thank you.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Urgent
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8120
12 February 945
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
After greetings and respect
We wish to state hereby that the house numbered 256/242 located
in the Al-Koulat neighborhood, which is an endowment for the Meir Elias Hospital, was considered a Khan
and the security fees were estimated accordingly. Since the mentioned house
was and still is leased for residential purposes and was not in any way used as a Khan, I request
the kindness of reconsidering the matter and collecting the security fees for it
as a residential house. With thanks to you.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
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Jewish Hospitals' Administration
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. { 3006 / 7480 } BAGHDAD
Jewish Hospitals' Administration
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3006 / 7480 } Baghdad
No. / Number: 2/478
Date / Date: 22/4/1945
To the Honorable President of the Hebra Qadisha Society
Greetings,
We wish to state herewith that the house of Ibrahim Shalom, who are the persons
tasked with transporting the deceased to the cemetery, have become accustomed to demanding from the administration of Meir Elias
Hospital an amount ranging between 500 - 1000 fils for transportation fees
and other expenses when the death of a young child occurs in the event that
their family is unable to pay anything due to their extreme poverty. We have previously informed you
of this in our letter numbered 2/292 and dated 13/7/1944. Since the arrangement of
such matters falls under your society, we kindly ask you to make the necessary arrangements
and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Hospitals
A copy to:-
The Honorable Lay Council for information
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Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established 1884
Telephone { 3006
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established, 1884
Telephone { 3009
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy.
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧
Date 24 May 945 Date ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect,
Enclosed are two copies of the report organized by our committee containing a summary of its work
and the improvements introduced to the hospitals from the year 934 until now, one for keeping
in your files and the second to kindly send to the Ministry of Social Affairs in response to the letter
of the Directorate of Public Health to your Excellency No. 11403 dated 16 / 9 / 933.
With respect to your Excellency;
⟦signature⟧
Chairman of the Committee
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8257
28 May 945
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Social Affairs
After greetings and respect
What I know of your interest and sympathy for charitable institutions encourages me to
submit to Your Excellency herewith a copy of the report organized by the Committee of
Jewish Hospitals in Baghdad regarding the charitable health institutions under its management
hoping that it will receive your attention and care.
On this occasion, I would like to record here that the letter numbered 11403
dated 16 / 9 / 1933 addressed to us by the Directorate of Public Health in
the esteemed Ministry of Social Affairs was the incentive for that good start in
reforming Meir Elias Hospital, as Your Excellency will perceive from reading this bulletin.
I am confident that these charitable institutions of ours will always receive sympathy
and encouragement from Your Excellency. Please accept the highest respect.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
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Jewish Hospitals' Administration
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 3006 7480 BAGHDAD
No. 2 / 571
Date: 16 / 7 / 1945
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
We list below a copy of the decision of the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad dated
12 / 2 / 1945 regarding the fees collected from the community's employees when they are forced to stay
at Meir Elias Hospital. Please circulate it to all community employees (except for teachers and staff
of the schools, as it has already been circulated to them) for their information.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of the Jewish Hospitals' Administration
Baghdad
Community employees, as well as persons they are legally obligated to support, must stay at
Meir Elias Hospital in the classes listed below according to their salaries, and 50%
fifty percent of the fees for accommodation, surgeries, and analyses prescribed for the relevant class shall be collected from them, provided that
the full cost of consumable medicines is collected from them according to the regulations.
1. Special Class for those receiving 25/- Dinars per month and above
2. First Class for those receiving from 15/- Dinars to 24/- Dinars per month
3. Second Class for those receiving from 5/- Dinars to 14/- Dinars per month
Hospitals
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His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs, the Respected
I present to your Excellency that my late sister Lulu bint Hasqeel Hanna Qattan had entered
Meir Elias Hospital under the name Lulu Cohen Hilal (her husband's name) according to receipt number 2601 and dated
16 / 4 / 1945, and she was in good health to undergo surgery in the aforementioned hospital, and according to what
I received, her illness was definitively diagnosed as HERNIA. Since the aforementioned operation, I do not
believe it should have caused death, therefore I request the favor of ordering the formation of a committee of doctors to investigate
the causes of her death and whether there was negligence by the doctor responsible for performing the aforementioned operation, who is
Dr. Süstmann, or the doctor who administered the anesthesia, and the reason that led to giving full anesthesia instead
of local anesthesia, given that the aforementioned operation is simple, or the reason that prompted the responsible doctor
to perform the aforementioned operation if he believed that the deceased could not tolerate undergoing this
operation, and whether this negligence occurred because care or medical comforts
and others are missing in the aforementioned hospital.
2 - I learned that after the operation was performed on her, GANGRENE formed in her, which is what
caused her a severe fever and vomiting, which indicates that there was an error when performing the operation
on her, and that the responsible doctor did not use the necessary means until it was too late and it was not
possible to save her or reduce her temperature, which indicates that medical care in the aforementioned hospital
is missing. I visited Meir Elias Hospital on 2 / 5 / 1945 requesting to see the papers of the progress of
her illness to confirm that or otherwise, but the responsible doctor, Dr. Süstmann, refused this
request, from which it is concluded that the information I mentioned above was correct and does not accept
hesitation. Therefore, I ask your Excellency to kindly order a thorough investigation of this case in light of
the public interest and the interest of myself, her children, and her other relatives who are directly affected, and to inform me
of the result of this investigation. Please accept my highest regards to your position.
3 - I attach herewith the papers in my possession to facilitate the task of the aforementioned committee:
The Petitioner
Ibrahim Hasqeel Hanna Qattan
Via the General Directorate of Imported Funds
Paper No. 5162 dated March 1, 1945, from Dr. Yusuf Daniel regarding a urine test.
A prescription dated 2 / 4 / 1945 from Dr. Naeem Al-Ani.
A paper dated 1 / 4 / 1945 addressed to Dr. Süstmann from Dr. Ishaq Shorani.
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Baghdad May 14, 1945
To
His Eminence, the respected Head of the Israelite Community
I attach herewith a copy of the petition submitted to His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs
the respected, for the report itself, and I request you to kindly exert your personal effort in investigating
this case, including what is in the public interest.
⟦illegible⟧
The Petitioner
Ibrahim Haskel Hay Qattan
Via the former Directorate of Imported Goods
Hospitals