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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Telephones 3006
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006
7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No.:
Date: 7/⟦.⟧/1949
(What preceded it)
As for the employees of Jewish health institutions, they are personally entitled (excluding servants) to accommodation
free of charge as follows:-
In the first class for those who receive 15/- Dinars or more
In the second class for those who receive less than 15/- Dinars down to 5/- Dinars
As for the persons they are personally obligated to support, they shall be granted the same rates prescribed above for other
community employees.
Note:-
This decision shall be implemented starting from the first of August 1949.
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1949/7/14
⟦Effective as of 49/8/5⟧
49/9/10
⟦49/7/⟧⟦...⟧
⟦Department Committee⟧
The honorable Mr. Salman Khadara, respected
Tenant of the house numbered 393/64 Torah
Baghdad
After greetings,
We wish to inform you that you have occupied the house mentioned above from the date
of the expiration of its lease contract, which ends at the end of Hebrew Nisan corresponding to
1949/4/29 until 1949/6/5 without paying the rent
due from you for the aforementioned period. We request that you kindly pay this amount
as quickly as possible. Yours sincerely.
⟦illegible⟧
The President
The Trustee of the Al-Mawsuf Waqf
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Jewish Hospitals Committee
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Established. 1884
Telephone Number 3006
7480 Baghdad
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Refouah Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 262
Date 28 / 7 / 1949
File Number ⟦line⟧
No. Number: L / 702
Date: 1949 / 7 / 27
To the Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings,
We attach herewith a copy of Resolution No. (2) taken at the 46th meeting on 24 / 7 / 1949 regarding the employment of Dr. Serak Avanissov at Meir Elias Hospital as an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor, for your kind approval. With respect.
Attachments:
Copy of the resolution
⟦illegible⟧
The President
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number 3006 7480
Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
No.:
Date: 1949/7/27
Copy of resolution number (2) taken at the forty-sixth
meeting on the date 49/7/24
2- After reviewing the letter from the Director of Meir Elias Hospital No. 75 dated 1949/7/17,
it was decided to approve the employment of Dr. Setrak Ovanessof at Meir Elias Hospital as a physician for Ear,
Nose, and Throat diseases according to the following conditions: -
a - He shall work three days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for three hours
daily from 11 o'clock until 1 in the afternoon.
b - The aforementioned person shall not receive a monthly salary and undertakes to treat poor patients who come
to the hospital and perform surgeries for them free of charge.
c - The hospital administration shall collect one dinar as examination fees from paying patients, to be divided
equally between the hospital and the mentioned physician.
d - The hospital administration shall collect from paying patients whom the aforementioned person sends personally
to the hospital for surgeries, fees for the operating room, and he may collect what he deems
appropriate from them as private fees for his efforts, as is the case with other external physicians
who send their patients to the hospital.
e - As for private patients who approach him through the hospital for surgeries, the
fees collected from them shall be divided at a rate of 20% for the physician and 80% for the hospital, as is the case with
hospital physicians.
f - The fees to be collected according to the fifth paragraph above will be determined in a future session.
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⟦signature⟧
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
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1949/8/1
Department Copy
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
With reference to your letter numbered L/702 and dated 1949/7/27
The Council has ratified your decision taken on 1949/7/24 regarding
approval for Dr. Setrak Ovanisov to work at Mir Elias Hospital
in accordance with the terms stipulated in your aforementioned decision.
Vice President
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006
7480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone Number 3006
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 269
Date 8/7/949
File Number
No. Number L / 710
Date Date 8/7/1949
To the Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
We request your kind approval of this Committee's decision number (10) taken on
8/2/1949 regarding the approval for Dr. Aziz Salman Korji to work honorarily in
the health institutions belonging to this Committee. Sincerely.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Sh /
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Department Copy
226
8/9/1949
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Your letter No. L/74 dated 8/7/1949.
The Council has approved your decision regarding the honorary employment of Dr. Aziz Salman Kurji in
the health institutions affiliated with your committee. Respectfully yours;
Vice President
⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number 3006 7480
Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
No. Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1949/6/22
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad
Number 247
Date 22 / 6 / 1949
File Number ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings
We hope to inform you that this committee is interested in reconstructing one side of the two houses endowed by
His Excellency the benefactor Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel to take it as a clinic for the purpose of moving the Dar
al-Shifa clinic from its current headquarters - (from the rented house) located near the Albert David Sassoon School
- to this building after its construction is completed according to the attached maps.
And in view of the fact that the trusteeship of the endowment of the aforementioned clinic belongs to your esteemed council, we kindly request
approval of that, knowing that this committee has commenced this project with the knowledge and information
of His Excellency the aforementioned benefactor.
And since these two houses have been evacuated, we hope to start selling the Iraqi bonds in which
the endowed money is invested for this purpose, in order to enable us to proceed with the project in light of the available
funds.
And please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Copy to -
His Excellency the virtuous benefactor Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel - for his kind information
Number 247
Date 22 / 6 / 49
Subject: Reconstruction of the two aforementioned houses
⟦The Council decided to approve the sale of the aforementioned bonds for the purpose of reconstructing the Dar al-Shifa⟧
⟦clinic from the bonds whose face value⟧
⟦reaches 7,500 Dinars, provided that the sale takes place with the knowledge of the Financial Control⟧
⟦Committee composed of the Presidency of the Lay Council and the aforementioned Committee⟧
⟦and spent provided that they submit a list of the amounts paid from the sale proceeds⟧
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8/29/1949
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 668 dated 6/22/1949, a copy of which was addressed to us
To His Excellency Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel.
We convey to you below a copy of the resolution of the Lay Council taken at its meeting held on
8/25/1949 for your kind information and action accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
His Excellency the virtuous benefactor Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel
Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Levy ⟦line⟧ for kind information
Mr. Naeem ⟦Zilkha⟧ ⟦line⟧
The Accountant
Copy of the Resolution
After reviewing the letter of the Hospitals Committee No. 668 dated 6/22/1949 regarding
the desire expressed by one of the successful benefactors, His Excellency the benefactor Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel,
to complete the remaining construction costs of the hospital, the Council decided, given that the guardianship of the mentioned endowment belongs to the Lay
Council, to authorize Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Levy and the Vice President of the Lay Council, in their capacity as overseers
of the endowment, to receive all documents and sell the bonds deposited for the account of the said endowment, the nominal value of which
is 3500/- Dinars, deposited at the Ottoman Bank, provided that they organize a list signed by them as
required by the sale, and deposit the proceeds from the sale into the mentioned endowment account at the Ottoman Bank to be spent
from it on the construction.
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No. 919/8/1
15/8/49
⟦illegible⟧
207
17/6/1949
Dear Mr. Shlomo Somikh, respected
After greetings
The Council has decided to elect you to audit the accounts of the Hospitals Committee for the fiscal year 48/49
and to submit your report on this matter to the Council as soon as possible.
Vice President
Copy to -
Head of the Hospitals Committee
Sh/
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD BAGHDAD
Established. 1884 Established 1884
Telephones 3006 3006 Telephone Number
7480 7480
Meir Elias Hospital Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad
Number 78
Date 24 / 8 / 1949
File Number ⟦line⟧
No. Number: L / 718
Date Date: 1949/8/24
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings,
We request to inform you that the Committee has assigned the Whinney Murray company to audit
the accounts of Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Hospital, and the Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary
for the year 49 / 950 for a fee of 100 Dinars (one hundred Dinars).
Respectfully yours.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / The President
Council Approval
⟦signature⟧
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⟦Department Copy⟧
256
11/9/1949
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings
The Council has approved what was stated in your letter No. L/713 dated 24/8/1949 regarding
Whinney Murray & Co. auditing your committee's accounts for the year 1949/1950 for a fee of one hundred dinars.
Vice President
⟦illegible⟧
P/1
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 282
Date 24 / 8 / 1949
File Number
No. Number: L / 721
Date: 24 / 8 / 1949
To the Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
We transmit to you below a copy of the Committee's resolution No. 2 taken on 23 / 8 / 1949 regarding the
Rivka Menahem Daniel Dispensary for your kind notation of its contents.
⟦illegible⟧
President
Copy to -
Director of Meir Elias Hospital - to transfer the amount described in the discussion to the Lay Council
Copy of the Resolution
2- Based on what was presented by the member Mr. Salim Qahtan, the Committee decided to approve the sale of the rubble of the house numbered
393 / 94 Torah belonging to the endowment of the Rivka Menahem Daniel Dispensary for the amount of 137.250 Dinars to Mr.
Abbas Saleh, in accordance with the public auction held at the headquarters of the Community Presidency on 23 / 8 / 1949
under the conditions agreed upon with the aforementioned contractor, provided that this amount is deposited in the account of the mentioned endowment opened
in the name of the Lay Council at the Ottoman Bank.
⟦line⟧
Approved
⟦illegible⟧
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Jewish Hospitals Committee
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Established. 1884
Telephone Number 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Refouah Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad
Number 281
Date 24 / 8 / 1949
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
No. L / 722
Date: 24 / 8 / 1949
Secret
Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
It is the intention not to confirm Mr. Kamel Lawi, recently employed as administrative officer at ⟦illegible⟧
Rima Khedouri Hospital, and to terminate his services as of the end of August 1949, and to appoint
Mr. Naji Jeitait as administrative officer at the aforementioned hospital with a nominal salary of
20/- Dinars to which is added a cost of living allowance of 6/250 Dinars
monthly (i.e., the same salary that was received by the administrative officer Mr. Elias Samira).
We hope to receive your preliminary approval on this arrangement.
Please accept our respect.
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Approved
⟦illegible⟧
1/5
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
⟦illegible⟧
Number 27 -
Date 12 / 8 / 949
No. Number: L/714
Date: 12 / 8 / 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings
We request approval of this Committee's decision No. 12 taken on 24 / 7 / 1949 regarding
the abolition of the position of Assistant Director at Meir Elias Hospital. Sincerely.
⟦signature⟧
President
Copy of the decision
12 - Discussions were held regarding the general situation at Meir Elias Hospital, and after studying the subject from
all its aspects, it was decided that the interest of the hospital requires the abolition of the position of Assistant Director, provided that the hospital
Director distributes whatever work he deems necessary and appropriate among the hospital's doctors; accordingly, paragraph
(b) of decision No. (11) taken on 6 / 2 / 1949 regarding the appointment of Dr. Naeem Rabie
as Assistant Director is considered canceled as of the first of August 1949.
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S/
For information on the books of
Committee relations ~
The Council approved
Inspection
⟦signature⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE | JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD
Established 1884 | Established 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480 | Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital | Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital | Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy | Refouah Pharmacy
Management of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 282
Date 25 / 8 / 949
File Number ⟦...⟧
Number No: L / 722
Date Date: 25 / 8 / 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings
We request approval of this committee's decision regarding the renewal of the employment contract
of Dr. Haroun Hayya under the same previous terms notified to your esteemed council
in our letter numbered L/273 and dated 28 / 7 / 1949 for a period of six months
further starting from 1 / 8 / 1949. Respectfully.
⟦Raouf Khedouri⟧
The President
Approved
⟦signature⟧
Sh / 1
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Report
Committee of Jewish Hospitals in Baghdad
on
Its health institutions between 1934 and 1944
Al-Rashid Press * Baghdad
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Report
of the Committee of Jewish Hospitals in Baghdad
on
its health institutions between the year 1934 and the year 1944
Al-Rashid Press * Baghdad
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Report of the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad
on
its health institutions between 1934 and 1944
In view of the absence of reports showing the various developments and reforms that
have been introduced to our health institutions for a long time, this committee decided to
submit such a report covering the most important of those reforms and expansions that were completed
between 1934 and 1944.
Our health institutions consist of (1) Meir Elias Hospital (2) Hospital
Rima Khedouri for Eyes (3) Dar al-Shifa Dispensary
Meir Elias Hospital
At the end of 1933, the committee, which was and still is headed by Mr.
Meir Dankour, took over the management of Meir Elias Hospital and its annexes in a state of great backwardness
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which I found in the manner of its management, and it is enough to mention the management of the respected Jewish
community that its annual income exceeds 3,000 Dinars, while its technical efficiency
and the benefit from its status as a hospital are almost non-existent or nothing. "
The conditions set by the government to approve the employment of the doctor
"The community administration shall implement everything required of it by the Directorate of Public Health regarding
reform in the management of the mentioned hospital and the organization of its budget and affairs, based
on the following foundations: -
A - Re-evaluating the hospital's staff.
B - Introducing the necessary technical elements into it.
C - Organizing an administrative body and reforming its internal affairs.
D - Completing the hospital building and expanding it on the basis that we are pointing out now
within a specific period."
"After studying what was explained above, we would like to inform you that the approval for the employment of
the doctor in 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"
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and decline, such that the official authorities drew the attention of the community to the damages resulting
from this institution remaining in its unfortunate state, specifically when the head of the community
approached the government requesting permission to employ a foreign doctor; this request was then referred to the health
authorities to study the condition of this hospital and submit a report regarding it to the competent authorities.
The Director of General Health, His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Al-Damluji, did indeed conduct an inspection tour
of the hospital and submitted his report on it. We record below the text of the paragraphs mentioned
by His Excellency regarding the technical, health, and administrative state of the hospital, as well as the conditions and improvements
that must be implemented as a basis for the government's approval of bringing in the aforementioned doctor,
according to his letter No. 11403 dated 9/16/1933 addressed to the head of
the Jewish community.
The state of the hospital from the technical and administrative perspectives
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"I have personally taken an interest in studying this existing hospital and have 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 administration, and I do not wish to dwell on describing the fluctuation"
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As for the number of beds at that time, it ranged between 40-45 beds, including five
wards for the poor and two rooms for paying patients, all of which were donated by Mr. Shamil Sha'shua, and an
operating room which was in the location of the current paying maternity ward built by the late Simha Shlomo
David. As for its budget, it amounted to approximately 4000 dinars, coming from the allocations of the Spiritual
Council and the hospital's share of the marriage contract fees (Ketubot) and revenues from
endowed properties etc... As for the furniture and tools that were present
at that time, they were not suitable for use or useful at all.
Accordingly, the committee set its curriculum to carry out the necessary reforms, guided
by the instructions kindly provided by His Excellency the Director General of Health, as mentioned above.
A - New foundations and expansions introduced to the hospital
between the year 1934 and the year 1944
The committee began its work by collecting donations and encouraging philanthropists to establish some
buildings and rooms. The donations received by the committee and what the philanthropists spent on
constructions amounted to 25,000 dinars, not including the amounts that the hospital was able to
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And likewise, you will monitor the reforms that the community administration will carry out in it according to the
Health Protection Law of 1931, and in the event that the necessary reforms are not carried out in the
mentioned hospital within a period we specify for you, this Directorate will withdraw the license of
the mentioned doctor.
We would like to show below for information the status of the hospital at that time in terms of staff,
budget, number of beds, etc...
The hospital staff before 1934 was as follows:
1 - One doctor for two hours daily.
2 - One assistant surgeon for two hours daily as well.
3 - One dresser and an assistant.
4 - One pharmacist for two hours daily.
5 - One nurse and one female attendant.
6 - An administrative officer.
7 - One clerk.
8 - Two porters with four male servants and two female servants.
9 - One female cook.
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unsuitable for the use of paying patients, and that was in the year 1934.
7 - Construction of the Roentgen X-ray Institute with all technical tools and the machine, which was donated by
the late Shaul Hakham Heskel in 1934.
8 - Construction of the free maternity ward, most of the cost of which was paid by the Patients' Relief
Society, and the other part was donated by the late Jamla, wife of the late Heskel
Hayim Azouri in 1934.
9 - The former Charitable Commercial Association built two wards for poor children in 1934
and the cost of a third ward for children was also donated by Mr. Ephraim Heskel
Aslan for the soul of his late son, Aslan Nouri.
10 - Establishing three houses for doctors' residences to assist the hospital's finances and ensure the presence
of a doctor at any time. Most of their cost was donated by the late
Mrs. Rima Menashi Shashua, and the late Mr. Sassoon Ishaq Yaqub
Al-Kabir for the soul of his late brother Ezra, and each of the siblings Abdullah, Lulu,
Tuba, Khatoun, Masouda, and the late Sassoon for the soul of their late mother
Habiba Raphael Shashua, and that was during the years 1934-1935.
11 - Building the laboratory department containing three rooms, a medicine warehouse, and two basements
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providing it from its revenues, and thus the following constructions and repairs were completed:
1 - The wards for poor patients were in an unhealthy and dilapidated state, so the committee carried out
the necessary repairs in addition to the expansions it made in the mentioned
wards as required by professional standards.
2 - Construction of a veranda in front of the wards.
3 - Construction of an operating room according to the modern style.
4 - Construction of the current paid maternity department containing ten rooms with their
sanitary facilities and a surrounding veranda with a delivery room. The cost of constructing
two rooms of it was donated by Mr. Murad Elias for the soul of his late wife, Khatun, daughter of
Hakham Daoud Sofir.
5 - Construction of six first-class paid rooms with all their facilities and two other
rooms, one for the nurses and the other for sterilizing instruments.
6 - Construction of four large second-class rooms with all their facilities. Most of the cost
was donated by Mr. Ishaq Sassoon Mukammal and Mr. Zion Ishaq Yehuda
in Manchester. In addition to that, the committee renovated the two rooms
built by Mr. Shamil Sha'shua as mentioned above, as they had become
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18 - Completion of the laundry and furniture washing facility construction
19 - Fencing a section of the hospital with brick and cement
20 - Building five rooms for servants
21 - Organizing the hospital gardens
22 - Building rooms for hospital guards and police at the two main entrances
23 - Building two dressing rooms with all their supplies
24 - Paving all hospital courtyards - a large part of them with brick and the other part
with brick and bitumen -
25 - Construction of the Premium Department, which contains eight rooms with eight bathrooms and a porch
by Mr. Khedhouri Smuha in 1943
26 - Construction of three rooms adjacent to the Premium Department, one for the nurse, the second for the kitchen,
and the third for the hot water machine, paving the yard, organizing the adjacent gardens, and other
renovations
27 - Construction of two rooms adjacent to the wards for the poor, a portion of the cost of one of which was donated by
Ms. Tuffaha Ezra Musfi for the soul of her late son Khedhouri Shaul
Heskell Musfi in 1944
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Mrs. Jahla donated most of its cost for the soul of her late father, Saleh Moshi
Heskiel, in the year 1935.
12 - Building the nurses' house, which contains 16 rooms, one hall, and four bathrooms
with all its requirements and two basements. Most of the construction cost was donated by Khatoun Ibrahim
Yehuda for the soul of her late husband, Moshi Yaqoub Shuker; the late Ibrahim
Menahim Ani for the soul of his late wife; and the late Mr. Menshi Heskiel
Rubin Musaffi for the soul of his late wife, Hannah bint Aziza, in the year
1936.
13 - Renovating the old house adjacent to the main hospital entrance.
14 - Renovating and arranging the doctors' examination rooms inside the hospital, along with organizing and repairing
the administration rooms.
15 - Building the isolation department, the cost of which was donated by the late Khadhouri Shammash for the soul of his son
Ezra, in the year 1936.
16 - Building three rooms and a porch in a modern style for washing the deceased,
using donations collected through the Patient Relief Society in 1939.
17 - Building a large kitchen and another small one.
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B - Organizing the hospital's staff and its administrative body and reforming its internal affairs
1 - We have previously provided above a brief overview of the hospital's situation in terms of
its staff, doctors, nurses, number of beds, and budget before the year 1934. We list
below a table showing the degree of progress that has occurred in this institution in terms of
staff, administration, and budget during the period between the years 1933 / 1934
. 1937 - 1944 .
| 1933-34 | 1937 | 1944
A - Number of doctors (Meir Elias Hospital) | 2 | 5 | 9
B - Number of graduate nurses (Meir Elias Hospital) | None | 2 | 9
C - Number of midwives (Meir Elias Hospital) | 1 | 2 | 2
D - Number of residents (Meir Elias Hospital) | 1 | 6 | 22
E - Pharmacy (Meir Elias Hospital) | 1 | 1 two hours daily | 1
F - Administration (Meir Elias Hospital) (*) | 2 | 3 | 5
G - Number of beds (Meir Elias Hospital) | 40-45 | 100 | 155
H - Number of patients admitted to the hospital | 936 | 2104 | 2873
I - Number of births (Meir Elias Hospital) | 72 | 339 | 642
J - Number of surgical operations (Meir Elias Hospital) | 329 | 537 | 603
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28 - Monitoring and repairing the hospital's endowments continuously, including the repair of the two khans
located in the Al-Koolat, which were in ruins, using the debris from the old hospital
buildings. They now contain forty rooms for housing the poor, with an annual
rent of 260 dinars. Also, the construction of a wing in the National School containing
five classrooms with their terraces during the year 1939 - 1940.
Mrs. Jahla Ezra Shammash endowed in 1938 the house numbered
110 - 57, provided that half of its proceeds go to the Meir Elias Hospital and the other
half to the Midrash Talmud Torah. Likewise, the late
Shamoun Meir Nassim and the late Masouda Haskeel Daniel endowed the house numbered 21 - 9 - 1
located in the Al-Bataween neighborhood in the year 1936.
29 - Purchase of two plots of land from the Baghdad Municipality, on a part of which the doctors' houses
mentioned above were built.
30 - Construction of the building located on Bank Street, which belongs to the endowments of Rifqa Nouriel.
It is currently occupied by the Rafidain Bank, and its annual rent is 1850 dinars.
The hospital receives half of this revenue.