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Telephone No. ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
Hospital Management Committee
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
The Jewish Community
ESTABLISHED
Baghdad
1884
Society of the Founders of the Medical House
Established in the year 1884
Baghdad
Telephone No. ⟦line⟧
No. Number: 574
Date: 22 May / 1930
Subject:
To His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, Respected
After offering respect.
Further to your letter dated 15 May / 1930 addressed to the Director
of Meir Elias Hospital regarding the request to exempt Ezra bin Haskel Yasfan from the Kanwiya fee.
Since the matter is official and since the Director, along with other administrative staff, is prohibited
from communicating with authorities and departments directly as stated in the specific clause of the Internal
Regulations, we have come with this letter to present to your Excellency - in response to your letter -
that according to the text of the resolution dated 28 August / 60 signed by all the Rabbis
and the notables of the community and its councils, it is not permissible to exempt any person from the Kanwiya fee except the Rabbis
themselves, as well as the owner of the Kanwiya whose amount does not exceed 3750 Ghrush Sagh.
While we would have liked to provide this requested assistance, we find ourselves bound by the ruling
of the aforementioned resolution. We believe it is more appropriate to refer such matters to the Ozre
Dalim Society, given its specialization in providing such assistance. With our further respect to your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Hospitals
(The Chief Rabbi)
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 502
Date 26 / 5 / 1930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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Urgent
2/1172
June 7, 1935
Aza
Resignation of Khedouri Effendi Sawdayee
Honorable Vice Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Aza
It has come to our attention that the esteemed Khedouri Effendi Sawdayee has resigned from
the membership of your honorable committee. We request to be informed of the truth of the matter,
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible Hebrew text⟧
CHIEF RABBI
Acting Chief Rabbi
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Telephone No ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Hospital
Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone No ⟦line⟧
Subject ⟦line⟧
No. Number: 595
Date: 10 June 1933
Subject:
To His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the Respected
After offering respects -
With reference to your letter No. 1173 dated the 10th of this month
We inform Your Excellency that Khedhouri Effendi Ezra Soudayi has not resigned from the membership of our committee.
This is with respect to Your Excellency,
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 524
Date 11 / 6 / 933
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Number
2 / 11 / 5
531 on 5 April 7
To
Management of Rima Khadouri Al-Qassab Hospital
Subject / Receipt of medical supplies
We would like to inform you that the management of Rima Khadouri Al-Qassab Hospital has previously received the materials listed below
in its warehouses according to official receipt vouchers, their values and specifications as shown
⟦illegible⟧
Rima Khadouri Al-Qassab Hospital
Finance and Justice Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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To the presence of the Honorable Hakham Bashi
What is presented ⟦to your Excellency⟧
That my wife Aziza daughter of Huwaij was sick with childbirth and Doctor Yusuf ⟦Jouri⟧ came
with ten others and we took her to the mentioned hospital and she stayed for a night and part of a day and the medicine with the service
took four gold liras from me and fulfilled our interests ⟦first⟧ this hospital opened until
now there was no one who did not know them treating the poor at the doctors and this causes my harm from
where I am poor and my condition is very critical I hope from your presence that you order the restoration of health to the doctor so if it remains
spent spent in you order the implementation of the connection of mercy in the right of the poor and the continuation and taking it from the mentioned ones
This and the matter is yours my lord ⟦1921/7/2⟧
The Sincere
Rahmin Ibrahim Bakr
and Juma'a al-Kaduwat
Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad:
Number: 80
Date: 2 / 7 / 1921
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⟦4 / 1208⟧
July 7, 1930
Complaint of Rahmin bin Nassim
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Enclosed is a copy of the petition of the person named Rahmin bin Nassim, a resident of the
Al-Kulat quarter, dated 3/7/1930, requesting an investigation into its contents and consideration
as to whether there is a need to take any measures in this regard;
⟦CHIEF RABBINATE⟧
Baghdad
Baghdad
⟦BAGHDAD⟧
Acting Hakham Bashi
N. M.
⟦illegible⟧
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Telephone No . . . . . . . .
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number . . . . . . . .
Society of the Founders of the Hospital
Baghdad
No: 619
Dated: 9 July 1930
Subject: The case of Rahmin bin Nassim
To the Honorable Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
After greetings and respect.
With reference to your letter No. 1208 / H dated July 7,
1930 regarding the case of Rahmin bin Nassim.
Upon investigation, it became clear to the committee that the sick wife of Rahmin bin Nassim
had entered the hospital and remained there for two nights and one day, and on the following day
she was examined by the hospital's chief physician, Dr. Kani Bey, and Dr.
Senanus, the hospital's internal physician, and they decided by agreement that she is not afflicted with any disease
whatsoever, and there is no need for her treatment inside the hospital as she requires
tonic medicines and can use them outside the hospital in any manner. Therefore, she was discharged
with the approval and order of Dr. Kani Bey, and her departure from the hospital was at eight o'clock
in the morning. With our utmost respect to your Excellency.
Vice President
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 557
Date 10 / 7 / 930
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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Telephone No. | Jewish Hospital Institutional Company - Baghdad | Telephone Number
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE | Jewish Hospitals Committee
( Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes | ( Meir Elias Hospital and Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Hospital & Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. ) | and Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. )
BAGHDAD. | Baghdad
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Established 1884 | Established 1884
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦19⟧
Date ____________________ Date 1933/2/17
Subject ____________________ Subject
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect;
In view of the warning received from the Baghdad Land Registry Department regarding the watercourse, the Great River, and the lands
of the Kurds belonging to the property of the Meir Elias Hospital, as the Awqaf Department has encroached upon them and intends to create
constructions and buildings on them and thereby obtain a new deed, the aforementioned department must be prevented by applying to
the court within a period of thirty days from the date of the mentioned warning, otherwise the aforementioned department
will register this land in the name of the Awqaf Department according to its request. Therefore, I hope you will kindly open the lawsuit
against the encroaching department and issue the order to sign the two attached petitions so they can be submitted
to the competent court. With our highest regards and respect to your Excellency.
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
⟦Ibrahim Hayyim⟧
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2122
19 February 1933
Opening a Lawsuit
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 194 dated February 17th current,
We agree to open the lawsuit mentioned in your letter being replied to, and you will find
enclosed the two petitions signed by us - and may you remain [in peace].
⟦The Right⟧
On behalf of
The Deputy Head of the Israelite Community
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Capital Secretariat
Baghdad
5274
Special Form No. 14
Baghdad: Date 22 Safar 1352
17 June 1933
To -
Head of the Jewish Community
The water pipe extending from the river to the Meir Elias Hospital belonging to you
is leaking permanently and its water is seeping into the road near the electricity center and opposite
the Sarrafiya water center. Since this is resulting from the installation of the pipe in an unprofessional manner and at an
insufficient depth, we hope that you will rectify this error and repair the pipe as quickly as possible.
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to -
Water Supply Committee for the City of Baghdad - with reference
to its letter numbered 8/3/837 and dated
10 / 6 / 1933.
Referred to the Director
⟦illegible⟧
17 / 6 / 33
Referred to the Honorable Lay Council
⟦S. Khedhouri⟧
Head of the Community
18 / 6 / 1933
For action and necessary measures according to
the procedures immediately
⟦signature⟧
226
To the Hospital Committee ⟦Urgent⟧
18 / 6
Please take the necessary measures and inform us of
the result and return the letter to this department
⟦signature⟧
19 / 6
Daoud
2661 Lira 17 M
Year ⟦...⟧
Allocations for the Israeli Hospital until
amounting to ⟦...⟧ Lira
And in comparison 71 Lira in book 391 and in the transfer and there is no ⟦...⟧
from the budget of the Jewish Community Council in Baghdad and we found that in a way that
⟦...⟧ - to show that the hospital budget
⟦...⟧
Date
⟦Operation⟧ 17 Lira entry for the two accounts, refer
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Capital Secretariat
Number 6009
Baghdad: Date 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
2 July 1933
Special Form No. 14
To -
Head of the Jewish Community
Confirming our letter numbered 5274 and dated 17 June 1933
The water pipe extending from the river to Meir Elias Hospital, which belongs
to you, is still without repair and its water is leaking and seeping into the road near the
Electricity Center and opposite the Sarrafiya Water Center. Since this is resulting from burying the pipe
in an untechnical manner, please repair this defect with the utmost speed.
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
A. R.
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2162
12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352 and 4 July 1933
Regarding water pipe 7
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Reference to your letter No. 5274 dated 23 Safar 1352 and 17 June 1933, confirmed
on 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352 and on 2 July 1933
The pipe in question has been reconstructed and repaired as you requested, ⟦illegible⟧
on behalf of
Head of the Community
D
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Telephone No. ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Medical House
in Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
No 197 Baghdad Number
Date 15/3/933 Date
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧
Subject ⟦line⟧ Subject
To the presence of the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect;
Enclosed is a receipt for Rupees 2459/3/8, the amount belonging to our institution from the endowment of Yusuf Ibrahim
Shalom, signed by me and by the treasurer; please certify it, and to your Excellency our utmost thanks
and respect.
President of the Hospitals Committee
⟦Ibrahim Shalom⟧
This is to certify that the tow signatures in reverse
of this receipt are those of the President & Treasurer of the Jewish
Community's Hospitals Baghdad
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2627
16 March 1933
Certification of two signatures
The Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings and respect
H
Reference to your letter No. 197 dated 15/3/933
You will find the deposited receipt in question certified for its two signatures as per the regulations
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
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2142
22 June 1933
Meir Elias Hospital Car
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Greetings and respect
Due to the financial constraints of the Israeli Hospital (Meir Elias), it has been decided to dispense
with its car and put it up for lottery. We request you to inform us of your preliminary approval so we may provide Your Excellency
with further details,
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
⟦4⟧ Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
⟦27⟧ June 1933
With reference to your letter numbered 2142 and dated 22 June
We regret that we are unable to grant you permission to put the car belonging to the Israeli
Hospital up for lottery.
Mayor of the Capital
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⟦illegible⟧ June 1933
⟦illegible⟧
Special Form No. 15
Secretariat of the Capital
Number: 5760
Baghdad: Date: 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
26 June 1933
To ⟦arrow⟧
The Honorable Head of the Jewish Community
Reference to your letter numbered 2142 and dated June 22, 1933.
We regret that we are unable to allow you to place the car belonging to the Jewish Hospital
in the lottery.
⟦handwritten⟧
Mayor of the Capital
⟦signature⟧
A R
2316
6631 on 8 June 66
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hospital Committee in Baghdad
Subject/ Allocations for the Israeli Hospital in Baghdad
2561 on 8 May 66
Asset Management Committee
Further to our letter No. (6631) dated 12 June 66 regarding the allocations for the Israeli Hospital
in Baghdad, please take the necessary measures to disburse the amounts allocated to the aforementioned hospital
according to the approved budget for the year 66, amounting to 1200 Dinars (one thousand two hundred Dinars).
With appreciation
Chairman of the Asset Management Committee
⟦illegible⟧
A copy to:-
The Israeli Hospital Committee in Baghdad - regarding our letter No. 2561 on 8 May 66 for your kind information.
Accounting - to take the necessary action to disburse the amounts mentioned above according to the procedures and regulations.
General Registry - for filing.
Accountant General
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2204
6 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 28 July 933
Placing the hospital car in the lottery
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Reference to your letter No. 5760 dated 3 Rabi' al-Awwal 352 and 26 June 933
We repeat to your Excellency our request to allow us to place the car belonging to the Israeli Hospital in the lottery, as the hospital
mentioned, as we have previously explained to your Excellency, is in a state of severe financial distress and is now in the most dire need of
conducting a charitable lottery such as this.
⟦Adel⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
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Special Form No. 14
Mayoralty of the Capital
Number 7229 Y - L 99
Baghdad: Date 12 Rabi' 2 / 352
5 August / 1933
To
The Head of the Jewish Community
Subject - Car Lottery
Reference to your letter numbered 2204 and dated 28 / 7 / 1933
We cannot grant the permit unless you confirm to us above all else that the drawing will
actually take place on 5 November 1933. If you do not do so, the permit shall be considered
cancelled without prior notice, and you will be obligated to return the prices of the tickets
that have already been sold without delay.
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
A 10
Office of the Presidency of the Community in Baghdad
Number 869
Date 6 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Review
To be written accordingly
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2299
16 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 7 August 933
Car Lottery
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected
Reference to your letter No. 7329 dated 13 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 5 August 933
We confirm to your Excellency that the draw will indeed take place before 5 November 1933.
⟦Lawyer⟧
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
⟦illegible⟧
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Administration of the Lay Council
Lay Council * Baghdad
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
of the Israelite Community
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
No: 2278
Date: 4 August 1933
Subject:
His Excellency the Respected Head of the Community
After greetings and respect
Since the Hospitals Committee intends to dispense with the services of the employee
at the Dar al-Shifa pharmacy, Daoud Effendi, we request the preliminary approval of the Director of Health of the Capital for the appointment of
the pharmacist Ishaq Effendi Ishaq, a graduate of Istanbul College.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 868
Date 4 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
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2222
13 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 4 August 933
Dispensing with the services of a pharmacist
Capital Health Directorate
As it is intended to dispense with the services of the preparer employed in Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy, Daoud
Effendi, we request your preliminary approval for the appointment of Ishaq Effendi Ishaq in his place, who graduated
from Istanbul College.
⟦Alwan⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
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Special Form No. 15
Amanat al-Asima (Capital Municipality)
Number 2926
Baghdad: Date 16 Rabi' al-Thani 52
7 August 1933
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 2233 dated 4 / 8 / 933.
This department sees no objection to employing the pharmacist Isaac Isaac
instead of the preparer David Eliyahu; please submit a petition in which he pledges that
he will manage the dispensary pharmacy.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Capital Health
Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 879
Date 9 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Sh
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Telephone No. 6 Founders of the Hospital Society - Baghdad Telephone No. 6
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE Jewish Hospitals Committee
( Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes ( Meir Elias Hospital and Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Hospital & Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. ) and Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. )
BAGHDAD. Baghdad
Established 1884 Established 1884:
No. Number:
Date Date: 3 August 1933
Subject Subject:
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Greetings.
Based on what was decided by this committee in its session held on 22/6/8
regarding the recruitment of two specialist doctors to be employed at Meir Elias Hospital, negotiations took place
and an agreement was finally reached to bring Dr. Jacob Sustman, a specialist in surgical diseases,
and Dr. Rosa, a specialist in internal medicine and gynecology. Since the aforementioned
are currently in Berlin and this committee wishes to recruit them to work for the account of Meir Elias
Hospital exclusively, which would be of great benefit to this institution, we request that you mediate
with the Directorate of General Health to obtain its approval for their recruitment. With our utmost
respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Office of the Haham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 274
Date 22/8/6
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Written accordingly to the Directorate of General Health and a copy is sent
of this letter as well
To be filed
Given the importance of the matter
And Ibrahim suggested with the Hospitals Committee
That the President of the Community should go
himself to the Director of General Health
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2254
17 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 9 August 1933
Recruitment of two specialist doctors
His Excellency the Director of Public Health, Respected
After greetings
I submit herewith to Your Excellency a copy of the letter from the Hospitals Committee of
the Israelite Community dated August 3, 1933, in which the aforementioned committee requests the mediation of
this Presidency with your respected Directorate to obtain permission to recruit two
specialist doctors to be employed by the committee exclusively at Meir Elias Hospital.
I would be most grateful if Your Excellency would grant us the requested license
With much respect to Your Excellency,
H.
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.: ⟦1402⟧
Date: 23 Jumada al-Awwal 52
14 / 9 / 1933
To His Excellency the Head of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad.
⟦✓⟧
Subject: — Employment of two foreign doctors for Meir Elias Hospital.
Greetings, in response to your letter No. 2354 dated August 8, 1933.
I have studied the subject of the request submitted by the management committee of Meir Elias Hospital, which includes
the aforementioned hospital's need to employ two foreign doctors, and based on your endorsement of this request,
I found it appropriate to personally audit the request from all its aspects.
I personally took interest in studying the case of this existing hospital and reviewed
all the circumstances surrounding it, its management methods, and its annual budget. I was very surprised by the state
of chaos I witnessed in the management of this charitable hospital and the private benefits enjoyed
by some of those in charge of its management. I do not wish to elaborate on describing the fluctuation I found in
how it is managed, and it is sufficient to mention to the respected Jewish Community administration that its annual income
exceeds three thousand Dinars annually, while its technical efficiency and the benefit from its status
as a hospital are almost non-existent or nothing.
Therefore, I saw it as my duty to work on reforming the state of this hospital so it can perform
the duties assigned to it as much as possible. After looking closely into the matter, I submitted my recommendation to
the Ministry of Interior to approve the employment of the German Dr. Süstmann in the aforementioned hospital.
Yesterday, I received the Ministry's reply containing its approval for the employment of the mentioned doctor
via its letter No. 15178 dated September 13, 1933.
The conditions I set for approving the employment of the aforementioned doctor, which were approved
by the Ministry, are:
1 — This Directorate shall ratify the terms of his employment agreed upon between the Community
and him.
2 — (a) Dr. Süstmann's work shall be confined to the service of Meir Elias Hospital,
and he shall remain in the hospital as an internal physician, and he shall not have the right
to practice his profession for anyone other than the aforementioned hospital in any form.
(b) Dr. Süstmann shall manage the hospital from both administrative
and technical aspects, and he shall be the director responsible for all its actions towards the Public Health
administration regarding the implementation of laws, regulations, and instructions, and receiving
correspondence and responding to it; meaning that this doctor shall be the one responsible
for the management of this hospital towards the Government.
2255 / 71
6621 B 6568 on August 17, 71
Hospital and Asylum Management Committee
Respected Director of Mar Elias Hospital
Greetings,
We enclose herewith a copy of our letter No. 6621 dated August 23, 71 addressed to the Health Presidency
regarding the nurse ⟦illegible⟧ who left work at the aforementioned hospital.
Please kindly take the necessary action regarding her and inform us of the result, with appreciation.
Trusting in the Creator
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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(c) The aforementioned doctor shall pay the legal registration fee amounting to (37/500)
dinars before commencing his duties.
3 - The administration of the community shall implement everything requested of it by the Directorate of Public Health regarding reforms
in the management of the aforementioned hospital and the organization of its budget and affairs, based on the following
foundations:
(a) Reconsidering the hospital's staff establishment.
(b) Introducing the necessary technical elements into it.
(c) Organizing its administrative body and reforming its internal affairs.
(d) Completing the hospital building and expanding it on the basis it is currently following
with diligence and assistance.
After we have studied what was stated above, we would like to remind you that the approval to employ Dr.
Sustman, the German, at Meir Elias Hospital is in accordance with the conditions mentioned above, and we inform you that
the Directorate of Public Health will monitor the work of this hospital continuously and will also monitor
the reforms that the community administration will carry out in it in accordance with the Health Protection Law of 1929, and in
the event that the necessary reforms are not carried out in the aforementioned hospital within a period we specify for you, this
Directorate will withdraw the license of the aforementioned doctor.
After we studied the conditions of this hospital and its needs, we did not see a necessity for employing the second
female doctor discussed in the letter from the hospital management committee.
In conclusion, please be so kind as to inform us of your receipt of this letter and your agreement to implement
all the conditions contained therein. Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health.
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Number: 965
Date: 17 / 9 / 1933
Issued to the Ministry of Interior
A. Q.