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Year | Total Revenues | Fixed Revenues | Non-Fixed Revenues | Remarks
33/1934 | 4943/- | 3823/- | 1120/- | Of which 400 Dinars from accommodation and operation fees
1937 | 11360/- | 3996/- | 7364/- | Of which 2600 Dinars from accommodation fees and 500 Dinars from operation fees
1944 | 46292/- | 11601/- (.) | 34691/- (..) | Of which 20004 Dinars from accommodation fees and 2902 Dinars from operation fees
(.) The increase in fixed revenues for the year 1944 resulted from the increase in
Kuthuth revenues and the rise in rents of Waqf properties
(..) The assets of the stores at the end of last year, i.e., the year
42/943 amounting to 3018 Dinars, were carried over to the year 43/944 and considered as
revenues for the same year for budget purposes
Also among the non-fixed revenues for the year 1944 is an amount of 760
Dinars collected as fees for the identifier in the Dar al-Shifa clinic from persons
who entered the hospital and who were only able to pay small amounts
such as half a Dinar or one Dinar for the entire duration of their stay, knowing that no
amount was collected from the poor at all, according to the instructions given to the identifier
previously
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1933-34 | 1937 | 1944 |
4943/- | 11360/- | 46292/- | k- Realized revenues for all institutions (**)
5232/- | 11899/- | 47858/- | l- Realized expenditures for all institutions (***)
(*) Administration
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Due to the expansion of all facilities and affairs of the hospital, it was very
necessary to raise the efficiency of the administration to its current level so that it can carry out the work
satisfactorily and ensure the arrangement and organization of all hospital records and the establishment of principles
for them, especially the stores and furniture records and all records related to the distribution
of food and other materials to patients etc...
(**) Revenues
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Revenues are divided into two parts: (1) Fixed revenues, which come from
the community's allocations, the Kupat share, and revenues from endowed properties etc...
(2) Non-fixed revenues, which come from accommodation fees, operations,
examinations etc...
We list below a table showing the amounts of increase in these revenues during the years
1933 / 1934 - 1937 - 1944.
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Free and paying patients, nurses, employees, and servants during the year
mentioned, i.e., from 10-1-1943 until the end of 9-30-1944, noting
that the average cost of living for a servant was considered the basic unit for average costs
for poor patients, paying patients, nurses, etc. and that is according
to the ratios shown below
Person | Number of Units | Daily Cost
Servant | 1 | 71
Free Patient | 3 | 213
Paying Patient | 6 | 427
Nurse | 3 | 213
Employee (lunch meal only) | 1.5 | 106
Washer or Ironer | 0.75 | 54
On-duty Doctor | 6 | 426
Laboratory Doctor (lunch meal only) | 2 | 142
On-duty Warehouse Clerk or On-duty Dresser | 1 | 71
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The Nursing Mothers Relief Society has been accustomed every year to pay the salaries and wages
of nurses and servants for the free maternity department, and it has paid an amount of 454 Dinars for
those salaries and wages in this year, i.e., 1944.
(***) Expenses
The most important sections of expenses in these institutions are limited to (1) Salaries
(2) Costs of subsistence of all kinds (3) Medicines, cotton, gauze, and surgical
instruments. The following table shows the development that has occurred in these expenses during
the years 1933/1934 - 1937 - 1944.
Year | Total Expenses | Salaries | Subsistence of all kinds | Medicines, cotton, etc.
33/1934 | 5232 of which .. | 1839 | 580 | 720 Dinars
1937 | 11899 of which .. | 5649 | 2082 | 800 Dinars
1944 | 47858 of which .. | 15548 | 15598 (5) | 5701 Dinars
(5) Subsistence of all kinds
We show below the average daily subsistence costs for each patient
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Fils | Dinar
907 | 15312 | Brought forward
360 | 153 | Subsistence costs for the on-call doctor at a rate of 426 fils per day
120 | 51 | Subsistence costs for the laboratory doctor for one lunch meal only at a rate of
| | 142 fils per day.
120 | 51 | Subsistence costs for an on-call warehouse clerk with an on-call dresser for one
| | meal only at a rate of 71 fils per day for each of them.
507 | 15568 | ⟦line⟧
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Some poor patients are given additional meals at ten o'clock in the morning
and also at four o'clock in the afternoon, i.e., five meals daily, and that is according to
the doctor's orders. As for paying patients, they are always given five meals
daily, i.e., morning, at ten o'clock, noon, at four o'clock, and evening, and all
that is within the daily costs listed above.
2 - Despite the difficulties caused by the war, the number of poor patients increased by
33% compared to what it was before this war without costing the community any sums
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On this basis, the annual living costs for the mentioned period
are as follows :-
Dinars | Fils
1482 | 480 | Living costs for 58 servants at a rate of 71 fils per day.
5798 | 499 | Living costs for indigent patients (27,223 days, which is the number of days | they stayed in the hospital as shown above) at a rate of 213 fils per day.
4485 | 208 | Living costs for paying patients (10,504 days, which is the number of | days they stayed in the hospital as shown above) at a rate of | 427 fils per day.
2760 | 480 | Living costs for 36 nurses, including the kitchen supervisor, the | bedding supervisor, and the seamstress at a rate of 213 fils per day.
572 | 400 | Living costs for 15 employees for one meal at noon only at a rate of | 106 fils per day.
213 | 840 | Living costs for 11 washerwomen and ironers for one meal at noon only | at a rate of 54 fils per day.
15312 | 907 | Carried forward
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Reserve medicines, medical tools, and cotton are the best way to save the hospital
and ensure its operation during the years of high prices that were ahead of it, and in this way
it was possible to establish stores whose assets of medicines, instruments,
foodstuffs, and others on 1-10-1944 reached an amount of 7532/942 Dinars which
had been paid from the original estate, noting that the total deficit for all hospitals
on the date of 1-10-1944 was only 1565/931 Dinars.
The presence of these reserve funds of medicines, tools, cotton,
and foodstuffs helped the hospital get through the difficult years of high prices, and
the committee did well in spending the amount of this bequest in this manner which
saved the hospital thousands of Dinars, noting that it had been decided at the time to seize
the first suitable opportunity to open subscriptions and collect this amount from benefactors and return it
to the bank to serve as a permanent reserve amount for these institutions. And besides what was spent
on medicines in this way, the committee paid from the amount of this bequest the purchase price
of the adjacent road remnant to the hospital, which has an area of 1024 square meters, and the cost
of some repairs carried out in the hospital during the years 943-944.
5 - The Spiritual Council used to previously grant lump-sum allocations amounting to 2100
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additional, apart from the amount given in the year 1944, which was 1500 Dinars, for
cost of living allowances.
3- Furniture, tools, and other items were lost from the hospital during the events of May and June 941,
and after great difficulties, the committee was able to remedy the situation and restore the state
to what it was before the mentioned incident.
4- The late Raphael Haron Gabbay left a sum of 30,000 Dinars in Hong Kong
to be distributed among the charitable institutions of the Israelite community in Baghdad
established before the year 1922. The amount that fell to our institutions from this estate
was 14,900 Dinars, and that was in the year 1942. The Lay Council borrowed from it
at the time a sum of 6,000 Dinars according to the agreement made at that time, so the
net amount received by our committee from this estate was 8,900 Dinars only. This
committee, like other community institutions, has paid from this
amount the salaries that were accumulated for its employees at that time, which amounted to 2123/812
Dinars, just as the Lay Council itself did. The remainder after paying these
debts was 6776/188 Dinars.
This committee has found that supplying the hospital's pharmacy with what it needs of
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C - Increasing hospital efficiency and introducing technical elements into it
1 - Given the hospital's overall need for modern sterilization machines in the operating
room and another machine for sterilizing bandages, gauze, cotton, and operating
clothes, the Chairman of the Committee decided to write to Mr. Sayon Isaac Yehuda
in Manchester to send that, and also urged him to build two large rooms for paying
patients as stated above. Indeed, the aforementioned person responded to the Chairman's request and sent
the machines and donated the cost of construction, until the total price of these machines and construction
costs reached 1100 Dinars.
2 - The Committee did its best to bring surgical tools and instruments according to the need,
including a large operating table with all its accessories of the latest
style, donated by the late benefactor Menachem Salih Daniel for the soul of his late
father Salih Daniel in 1940, as well as a special device for short-wave therapy
Diathermy with all its instruments, donated by the benefactor Senator Ezra Menachem
Daniel for the soul of his father Menachem Salih Daniel in 1941. As for the instruments
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⟦...⟧ dinars annually as a grant to Meir Elias Hospital and Rima Khedouri
Eye Hospital and Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary. All the expansions, construction, organization,
and purchase of furniture, etc., did not cost the community fund anything except those fixed
allocations. Therefore, the successive committees from 1934 until now have faced
immense difficulties and numerous obstacles to cover the deficit resulting from those
expansions and reorganizations, in addition to the daily subsistence expenses, medicines,
and salaries that began to double in proportion to those expansions which included
all facilities of these institutions. Thanks to the renovations, the committees were able,
by building sleeping rooms for paying patients, to generate revenues
for the hospital to help treat the poor and provide them with what they require on one hand, and to employ
skilled doctors and bring in necessary tools and supplies on the other hand.
Knowing that the current annual revenues derived from the room fees in these
rooms amount to more than 20,000 dinars, and approximately another 9,000 dinars
come from the fees for surgeries, analyses, births, examinations, etc., and without
these revenues, we would not have been able to bring the hospital to its current level.
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and the treatment of various diseases. The committee found it very necessary after
establishing the new departments mentioned in paragraph (a) above, to employ
specialist doctors for each department to manage the work as required by the profession. After
continuous efforts, it was able to appoint a specialist doctor for each of the Surgical
Diseases Department, Internal Medicine Department, Pediatrics Department, Obstetrics and
Gynecology Department, and the Laboratory Department, until the aforementioned body now includes
an elite group of skilled doctors and nurses.
And when Dr. Palyan was appointed head of the Internal Medicine Department at the
hospital, the committee decided to appoint him as its technical director in addition to his original post
to be responsible before it for both technical and health aspects in general.
Furthermore, the committee has been accustomed to inviting the aforementioned individual to attend some of its sessions
to benefit from his point of view and to review his proposals regarding
reforms that must be introduced in these two aspects in order to study and implement them as much
as possible.
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As for the laboratory equipment, the late Daoud Somikh in Manchester donated
part of its cost, and the other part was donated by the late Munshi Haskel Rubin Safi.
3 - The committee took great care in furnishing the hospital with the required luxury furniture, so it furnished
all the wards and doctors' clinic rooms, etc., as necessity required.
4 - In consideration of the requirements of the public interest and in view of the difficulties arising from the current
war conditions in purchasing and bringing medicines and supplies, the committee decided since
1943 to purchase quantities of medicines, cotton, gauze, and bandages
and foodstuffs season by season and store them in the hospital warehouses
little by little, so it established a warehouse for medicines, another for cotton, gauze, and bandages,
a third for foodstuffs, and a fourth for furnishings, porcelain, and electrical
tools etc. ⟦line⟧
5 - The committee set its sights on advancing the technical staff, which is the basis of every
health institution, and introducing appropriate elements into it. The table mentioned in Article
One of paragraph (b) on page 13 clearly and specifically indicates
the degree of progress and expansion introduced to the technical staff in this
institution. After the hospital included one doctor and an assistant to treat
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6 - On December 25, 1942, an agreement was reached with Dr. Mills, the famous
professor in the art of analysis, to perform all hospital analyses, whether for poor
patients or for paying ones, in a manner that does not cost the hospital expenses and salaries;
on the contrary, that agreement resulted in revenues for the hospital in addition to
the sincere and proficient service performed by the mentioned professor with his assistant, Dr.
Raouf Simah, in the hospital laboratory equipped with the latest machines and tools.
The following figures clearly indicate the increase in the number of analyses and their revenues between
the year 1942, i.e., before the agreement with the mentioned doctor, and the year 1944
Year | Number of Analyses | Revenues in Dinars
1942 | 1860 | (*) 128
1944 | 6208 | 704 Net Revenues
(*) The hospital paid in the year 1942 an amount of 252 dinars for
the salaries of the analyzing physician at that time, and since the laboratory revenues for this year
reached 128 dinars only, the hospital has paid from its funds an amount of
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Note:
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We would like to indicate here that the specialist doctors referred to receive,
in addition to their monthly salaries, certain shares of the revenues generated from
their services in the hospital, including consultations, surgeries, births, analyses, etc.,
according to their specific contracts. The amounts usually listed in the hospital's budgets
and accounts represent only the hospital's share. As for the doctors' shares referred
to, which in the year 1944 amounted to 5,496 Dinars, they were paid to them by the
hospital and were not included—as is the customary practice—within the realized
revenues and expenditures shown on pages 15 and 16 of this report. If we add this
amount, which is from non-fixed revenues, to these revenues and expenditures,
the total of those non-fixed revenues becomes 40,187 Dinars, as shown below:
Year | Total Expenditures | Total Revenues | Fixed Revenues | Non-Fixed Revenues
1944 | 47,858 | 46,292 | 11,601 | 34,691 Dinars
Doctors' Share | 5,496 | 5,496 | ⟦...⟧ | 5,496 Dinars
Total | 53,354 | 51,788 | 11,601 | 40,187 Dinars
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The hospital and external doctors as required by the interest, and the committee hopes by this
means to prepare a sufficient number of nurses who will have the knowledge and ability
sufficient to work in this profession.
Rima Kadoorie Eye Hospital
This hospital was in an old house, then the great benefactor, the late
Sir Ellis Kadoorie, was kind enough to build it in the modern style in the year 1934-1935
in memory of his late wife Rima, after adding some neighboring houses to it, then
it was equipped with the necessary furniture and the surgical instruments required for the
operating room. It was also organized in terms of doctors and administration, and we provide below a table
showing the degree of progress that has occurred in it from both the technical and administrative aspects
between the year 1933/1934-1937-1944.
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124 Dinars to pay those salaries, while the net income of the laboratory for the year
1944 had reached 704 Dinars.
7 - For several reasons, the Committee did not find it appropriate to renew its contract with the doctor who
was working in the Radiology department at Meir Elias Hospital before the war, and
correspondence took place at the time to reach an agreement with another doctor, but due to the outbreak of
the current war, no agreement was reached in this regard on one hand, and on the other hand
it was not possible to bring films and other necessary materials for the aforementioned department,
making it impossible to operate. However, given its importance to the hospital,
the Committee has for some time exerted continuous efforts until it recently managed to
reach an agreement with a company in London to provide it with films and necessary materials
on a continuous basis, and it will open this department as soon as it receives those materials
in the very near future.
8 - The Committee has for some time been considering opening a special course to teach female nurses
and train them on the principles of nursing for the purpose of benefiting from them in its institutions in
the required manner. Indeed, the course was opened on a preliminary basis last year
and was reopened this year as well, and doctors are delivering the lectures.
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And that is as a result of the benefits they felt from the service provided by the doctor on one hand
and the medicines that the institution dispenses to them for free on the other hand, it has become
difficult to accept them in such a narrow place, therefore the committee decided to separate
the pharmacy from the clinic, so it rented a private house for the clinic and thereby ensured
the organization and preservation of the interests and comfort of the visitors. Total expansions
were carried out in the aforementioned clinic from both the medical and administrative aspects, so a permanent doctor
and a licensed pharmacist were appointed along with an assistant pharmacist, a capable dresser, and two female attendants, so the
clinic became open to visitors in the morning throughout the official working hours after it
used to accept visitors for only two hours until their number reached 36,746 visitors during the year 1944
only.
2 - The virtuous benefactor Senator Ezra Menahem Daniel endowed, for the soul of his late
mother Rifka Menahem Salih Daniel in early 1944, the two houses numbered
37/139 and 94/393 located in the Taura neighborhood to be used as a permanent clinic
for treating the poor patients of the Jewish community in Baghdad and to take
the place of the current clinic rented by the community, and he also endowed a sum of
3000 dinars to be spent on repairing the aforementioned clinic and furnishing it
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| 1933-34 | 1937 | 1944
1 - Number of doctors | 1 | 1 | 3
2 - Number of nurses, attendants, and orderlies | 5 | 6 | 11
3 - Administration | 1 | 1 | 2
4 - Number of eye surgeries | 120 | 171 | 437
5 - Number of outpatients | 35410 | 81276 | 107915
6 - Number of beds | 12 | 32 | 32
Note that the committee is currently studying the idea of making improvements
and extensive reforms in the mentioned hospital due to its importance.
Dar Al-Shifa Clinic
1 - This clinic was integrated with its affiliated pharmacy located in the old building
opposite the Albert Sassoon School, but due to the steady increase in outpatients
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additional, except for the lump-sum allocations amounting to 2100 Dinars annually which were
and are still being granted to all these institutions.
While the Directorate of Public Health had condemned the state of the hospital
in its letter No. 11403 dated 16-9-1933 mentioned at the beginning of this
report, this institution has received the appreciation and encouragement of prominent figures during
their visits to it from time to time after seeing its technical and administrative facilities
and its service to the patient. We are pleased to conclude this report by listing the precious words
kindly recorded in the guestbook by Their Excellencies Mr. Abd
al-Razzaq al-Azri, Minister of Social Affairs; Dr. Sami Shawkat, Director
General of Social and Health Affairs; and Dr. Ibrahim Akif al-Alusi,
Inspector General of Social Affairs, during their visit to the hospital on
16-6-1943
Speech of His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs
"I visited Meir Elias Hospital today and found it in the best possible condition of"
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according to the necessity, keeping in mind that the two mentioned houses are very suitable
to be used as a clinic, due to their location, spaciousness, and construction.
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It is also worth noting once again that the advancement of these institutions to
their current level is due to the valuable services and assistance provided by those
benefactors who donated what their hands could afford of money, and to those who
constructed the greater part of the buildings listed in this report, in addition
to the amounts that the committee was able to spend on those improvements and constructions
from its revenues derived from the fees for overnight stays, surgeries, examinations, etc... for patients
with fees. Accordingly, the committee was and still is doing its best when submitting
the budget for these institutions to take into account the progress and expansion that occurs
to them from time to time in relation to the necessary requirement on one hand and the interest
of the institutions on the other. Had it not been for this plan, it would not have been possible to advance
them technically, administratively, and financially without charging the community fund any allocations.
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regarding the care for the patient and the attention of the doctors to their duties, and in terms of excessive cleanliness
which has caused my extreme satisfaction.
The word of His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health
"Perseverance and sincerity in work are always the secret of success, and Meir
Elias Hospital is successful, and we have felt this success during our visit today to all its facilities, for we are proud
of each other as we are all Iraqis and Semites."
The word of His Excellency the General Inspector of Social Affairs
"I thank the hospital administration and the treating doctors for their care
for the patients and the cleanliness of the hospital, which every visitor admires."
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8/29/1949
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings,
Your letter No. L/714 dated 8/12/1949
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The Council approved your decision regarding the cancellation of the position of Assistant Director at Mir Elias Hospital.
Your letter No. L/722 dated 8/24/1949 (Secret)
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The Council approved the non-confirmation of Mr. Kamal Lawi, the newly hired administrative officer
at Rima Khedhouri Hospital, and the appointment of Mr. Naji Ghetayat in his place at the same salary proposed by
you.
Your letter No. L/731 dated 8/24/1949
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The Council approved your decision regarding the sale of the debris of house No. 393/94 Torah Al-Ma'ida
belonging to the endowment of Rifka Menahem Daniel Clinic for the amount of 137.250 Dinars to Mr. Abbas Saleh.
Your letter No. L/733 dated 8/25/1949
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The Council approved the extension of Dr. Haroun Hayya's employment contract under the same previous terms
for an additional six months starting from 8/1/1949.
Please accept our respect;
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
7/22
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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 Number Baghdad 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad
Number 288
Date 9/8/1949
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
No. Number: 7268
Date: 9/8/1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 353 and dated 8/29/1949.
We request approval of this committee's decision numbered (4) paragraph A and B and taken on
9/6/1949 and remain
⟦Signature⟧
President
Copy of the decision
4 - After reviewing the approval of the Lay Council received in its letter numbered 353 and dated
8/29/1949 regarding the appointment of Mr. Naji Jinayat as administrative officer at Rimah Khedouri Hospital and in view of
what was clarified by the report of the subcommittee of Rimah Khedouri Hospital that Mr. Kamal Lawi, recently employed
as an administrative officer for the aforementioned hospital, has shown competence in his job in addition to the technical qualifications he
possesses, it was decided as follows:-
A - The continuation of Mr. Kamal Lawi in his job as an administrative officer at Rimah Khedouri Hospital for the
present time until the end of his probationary period.
B - The appointment of Mr. Naji Jinayat at the Dar al-Shifa dispensary with a nominal salary of 20/- Dinars
to which is added a cost-of-living allowance of 6/250 Dinars, provided that he performs at the present time the duties of
Mr. Ezra Lawi.
Approved
⟦Signature⟧
9/15
⟦line⟧
on behalf of/
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1949/9/18
⟦Department⟧
Chairmanship of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings,
The Council has approved your letter No. L/736 dated 1949/9/8
Regarding:
A - The continuation of Mr. Kamal Lawi in his position as Administrative Officer at
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital.
B - The appointment of Mr. Naji ⟦Gitayat⟧ at the Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary
with the salaries proposed by your committee;
With our regards;
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President
⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006
7480
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Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone Number 3006
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
297
9/27/649
No. 725/L
Date 9/27/1949
Directorate of Rimah Khedouri Hospital
We convey to you below a copy of resolution No. (2) adopted at the fifty-second meeting on
9/22/1949, to act accordingly, please.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary Secretary
Copy to :-
⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Honorable Lay Council
Directorate of Meir Elias Hospital - to write to the health authorities accordingly
Subcommittee of Rimah Khedouri Hospital
Dr. Rabchik
Dr. Hayawi Nissan
Archive
In the Lay Council file
Copy of the Resolution
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2- The committee reviewed Dr. Rabchik's letter dated September 14, 1949, containing his agreement
to be an honorary consultant physician for Rimah Khedouri Hospital, and it was decided to ratify the contract concluded
between him and the Chairman of the Committee in this regard. It was also decided to request the approval of the Lay Council for this arrangement
mentioned in resolution No. (2) adopted at the fiftieth meeting on 9/6/1949, and after
reviewing the letter of the Subcommittee of Rimah Khedouri Hospital No. (7) dated 9/19/1949,
the following was decided :-
3 - Writing to the competent health authorities that Dr. Rabchik has become a surgeon and a consultant
physician for Rimah Khedouri Hospital. As for the directorate of the aforementioned hospital, it has been entrusted by proxy
at the present time to Dr. Hayawi Nissan.
(End of text)
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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 1884
Telephone Number Baghdad 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No.
Date:
(Previous)
B- Writing to Dr. Raitschik so that he may perform external examinations and check-ups for paying
patients and the indigent under the same terms agreed upon with him regarding operations recently.
C- Approval to limit Dr. Raitschik's visits to the hospital to Mondays and Thursdays
for routine cases, provided that he remains ready to attend to urgent cases when
summoned by the hospital administration.
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
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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 1884
Telephone Number 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 294
Date 20 / 9 / 1949
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
No. L / 721
Date: 20 / 9 / 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧
Greetings,
We request approval to write off the following amounts as uncollectible debts:-
Debts owed by the servants ⟦line⟧ | Dinars | Fils
Abbas Shahbun | | 600
Qadaha Shua | 1 | 575
Total | 2 | 175
Miscellaneous Debts ⟦line⟧ | Dinars | Fils
Owed by Mr. Mahmoud Abdel Khaleq, tenant of shop No. 412 / 94 Torah | | 400
Owed by Shaul Heskel, tenant of shop No. 416 / 94 Torah | 1 | ...
Owed by the late Saleh Qattan, the lawyer | 19 | 185
Owed by Mr. Muzahim Saleh Abu al-Qir | 16 | 200
Total | 36 | 785
Please accept our highest respects,
⟦signature⟧
The President
20 / 9
28 / 9 / 949
A. A.
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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 1884
Telephone No. 3006 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad:
Number: 295
Date: 20 / 9 / 1949
File Number:
Number No.: L / 722
Date Date: 20 / 9 / 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
After greetings
We request approval of this committee's decision regarding the employment of Dr. Rawiczek
at the Rimah Khedouri Hospital as a volunteer consultant physician!
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Copy of resolution number (3) taken at the fiftieth meeting
on 6/9/1949
3 - The committee reviewed the correspondence exchanged between it and Dr. Rawiczek, ending
with his letter dated 2/9/1949, and it was decided to agree with him in writing to be a consultant physician
for Rimah Khedouri Hospital without a salary, provided that he receives two-thirds of the fees collected from paying
patients and that the committee pays him half of the fees decided to be paid by second-class patients
with regard to free patients whom Dr. Rawiczek examines personally.
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Y/
1/1
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10/4/1949
⟦Department Copy⟧
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Your letter No. L/731 dated 9/20/1949
The Council has approved the write-off of the amount of 38/960 Dinars as it is considered
uncollectible debt.
Your letter No. L/732 dated 9/20/1949
The Council has approved the appointment of Dr. Rawinschik as a consulting physician
at Reema Khedouri Hospital without salary, provided that he collects two-thirds of the fees
from paying patients and half of the prescribed fees from second-class patients
regarding free patients who are personally examined by him.
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Vice President
Received
12/5
On behalf of /
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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
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
400
1949/10/5
No. / No.: 729 / D
Date / Date: 1949/10/5
To the Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
Due to the absence of Mr. Naji Jihanyat from his duties at the Dar al-Shifa clinic
starting from 14/9/1949, it was decided to consider him resigned and to abolish his position. Please
approve this.
⟦Meir⟧
President
Sh /
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⟦District Council⟧
276
10/12/1949
Presidency of the Hospit⟦line⟧als Committee
With reference to your letter No. L/739 dated 10/5/1949.
The Council approved considering Mr. Naji Jinayat resigned with the cancellation of his position i⟦line⟧n
Dar al-Shif⟦line⟧a Dispensary.
⟦signature⟧
Vice Presid⟦line⟧ent
⟦Hospitals Committee⟧
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⟦Presidency of the Department⟧
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8/9/1949
(Secret)
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
With reference to your letter numbered (Secret L/707) dated 8/5/1949.
We convey to you below a copy of Decision No. (1) taken in the forty-fifth session on
8/7/1949 regarding the subject to note its content, and may you remain safe;
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
8/8
Copy of the Decision
1 - At the invitation of the Council, Mr. Salim Qahtan, member of the Hospitals Committee, attended on behalf of
the mentioned committee. The secret letter of the Hospitals Committee numbered L/707 and dated 8/5/49 was read
regarding the amounts illegally remaining with Mr. Elias Samira, the administrator of Reema Hospital
Khadouri, amounting to (292/342 Dinars). After discussing the subject, it was decided as follows:-
A - To summon Elias Samira and request him to provide a guarantor for the amount immediately under a deed organized
directly by the Notary Public.
B - If the required guarantor is not provided, the President of the Physical Council or his deputy is authorized to file a complaint
to the competent authorities to recover the aforementioned amount.
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Baghdad, November 2, 1949
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings,
As I intend to travel abroad for a few months, please kindly accept my resignation
from the membership of the Israeli Hospitals Committee. On this occasion, I offer your esteemed council my thanks for the trust
that you have placed in me.
Please accept the assurances of my highest regards and respect.
⟦Ibrahim Khadhuri⟧
To be deposited with the Council
⟦signature⟧
Copy to
The Chairman of the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad for information
With my sincere thanks to all members of your esteemed committee for
the cooperation you have shown towards me, and I wish you continued success
in serving the Israeli health institutions in Baghdad.
The Council reviewed and decided
to await the opinion of the Hospitals Committee
3 / 11
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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 Number 3006
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
⟦Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad⟧
Number 414
Date 1 / 12 / 1949
No. Number: L / 755
Date: 1 / 12 / 1949
Presidency of the Lay Council
Greetings,
We request approval to write off an amount of 29/- Dinars owed by Mr. Hussain Ali Al-Mu'min,
the tenant of shop number 3 / 21 / 113 belonging to the Rimah Khedouri Hospital endowments,
considering it an uncollectible debt due to the evacuation of this shop by
the aforementioned tenant.
⟦Signature⟧
President
Sh./
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