Financial Information, Jewish Hospitals Committee and Jewish Lay Council
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad and the Jewish Lay Council. The files include employee action records, expense reports, and memos detailing decisions taken by the council. The item also contains a comprehensive report that spans from 1934-1944 and describes the assets and services of the hospitals that fall under the Jewish Hospitals Committee.
Department Copy 200 7/11/1948 To: Israeli Hospitals Committee The council has taken note of your letter numbered L/446 and dated 31/10/1948 regarding the receipt of a donation in the amount of seven hundred and fifty pounds sterling to Meir Elias Hospital from the family of the late Isaac Yehuda Isaac. ⟦signature⟧ Vice President ⟦illegible⟧ 11/14 ⟦illegible⟧
The Jewish Crafts Charitable Society Founded in 1911 Baghdad Number ⟦line⟧ Date: 20 / 9 / 1948 Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad: Number: 272 Date: 29 / 10 / 1948 File Number: His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council After greetings and respect It is known to your esteemed council that our society ((Charitable Crafts in Baghdad)) was formed since the year 1911 and was approved by the Ministry of Interior under number 14952 and dated October 8, 1922. Since it has accomplished the purposes for which it was founded, the society decided in its general meeting held on 26 / 2 / 1947 to dissolve itself. The society's bylaws do not indicate how to dispose of its immovable property upon its dissolution, therefore the general assembly recommended in its decision to leave its immovable property to the leadership of the Jewish community provided that its yield is spent at a rate of four-fifths on improving the pediatric medicine project at Meir Elias Hospital and the other fifth on the Project for Consoling the Blind managed by the Society for Consoling the Blind in Baghdad, in accordance with what was stated in Article (24) of the Law on the Formation of Societies for the year 1922. In implementation of the aforementioned decision of the General Assembly, we submitted to the venerable Ministry of Interior a letter dated 21 / 3 / 1947, registered with the said Ministry under incoming number 557 and dated 22 / 3 / 1947, in which we requested the issuance of the approval of the competent authorities to register the society's properties as an endowment in the name of the community, for its yield to be spent in the aforementioned manner. Since that date, the papers of the transaction have been between the departments of the Governorate, the Police, and the Interior. Given that we fear the transaction may take longer than this, this society wishes to entrust the management of these properties to your esteemed council to utilize them and spend their yield in the manner stipulated in the General Assembly’s decision until the official transaction for its final registration in the name of the community is completed. As for the properties, they are:- 1 - The shares belonging to the society in the house, sequence 165, door number 30 / 115, Taht al-Takya. Three shops have been subdivided from this house unofficially. 2 - The shares belonging to the society in the house, sequence 71, door number 32 / 115, Taht al-Takya. We submit to your esteemed council herewith a file containing:- 1 - Four title deeds, two related to house sequence 165 and two related to house sequence 71 (To be continued) 12
The Jewish Crafts Benevolent Society Established in 1911 Baghdad Number ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧ ( 2 ) 2 - The processing papers for the dissolution of the society referred to above. We request that you kindly inform us of the receipt as well. This is on the condition that the amount allocated for the children's medical project at Meer Elias Hospital be spent for the purpose of improving the aforementioned project, to repair and paint the wards, renew furniture and bedding, and provide the sick children with medicines that are available in the hospital pharmacy, and to feed and clothe them, and on the condition that no part of this amount be spent for any other purpose. We petition your esteemed council to order the follow-up of the transaction with the competent authorities to complete the endowment of the mentioned properties in the name of the community permanently ⟦line⟧ With respect to your Excellency; President of the Society ⟦illegible⟧ A copy to: - His Sovereignty the President of the Jewish Community, the Respected A. A.
Department Copy 197 11/7/1948 To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community Greetings, With reference to the letter from the Jewish Charitable Society for Benefits dated 9/20/1948 addressed to us, a copy of which was sent to you. We kindly ask you to intervene with the specialized departments to complete the procedure for registering the society's properties as an endowment in the name of the community according to the conditions stated in the mentioned letter. Sincerely, ⟦line⟧ ⟦...⟧ Vice President Copy to: - The Jewish Charitable Society for Benefits - with reference to your letter mentioned above Hospital Committee - please proceed with managing the aforementioned properties temporarily and distributing their yield according to the proportion mentioned in the letter a copy of which was sent to you, until the completion of the process for establishing these properties as an endowment. Blind Care Home Association - for your information ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 11/5 For filing ⟦...⟧ 11/5
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 Baghdad Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Management of the Lay Council - Baghdad No. ⟦...⟧ Date 11/11/948 File No. ⟦...⟧ No. L / 452 Number Date 4 / 11 / 1948 Date The Honorable Dr. Gurji Rabie Greetings and respect The committee thanks you for the kind spirit you have shown by agreeing to work honorarily at Meir Elias Hospital as Head of the Pediatric Unit on a temporary basis until the appointment of your brother Dr. Naim Rabie is completed at the aforementioned hospital. The committee requests you to commence this mission from the date of your receipt of this letter. Please accept our highest respects Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ The President Copy to - Presidency of the Lay Council - for information Director of Meir Elias Hospital - for information and to notify the health departments accordingly Sh/
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 Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Physical Council - Baghdad Number 44 Date 10 / 11 / 948 File number . No. L / 454 Number Date 1948/11/10 Date Honorable Dr. Haron Tawfiq, Respected Greetings, With reference to your letter dated 1 / 11 / 1948 . The committee has approved your request regarding working at Meir Elias Hospital as an assistant to the head of the pediatric unit and the head of the surgical unit in the aforementioned hospital on an honorary basis. On this occasion, the committee extends its thanks to you for this kind spirit; please accept our respect; ⟦signature⟧ The President Copy to :- Presidency of the Physical Council - for information Director of Meir Elias Hospital - for information and to notify the health departments according to the rules. 14
⟦Department Copy⟧ 207 25 / 11 / 1948 Israeli Hospitals Committee ⟦line⟧ Baghdad ⟦line⟧ With reference to your two letters numbered L/453 and L/454 dated 9 / 11 / 1948. The Council has taken note of the content of your aforementioned letters regarding the employment of Dr. Gurji Rabia and Dr. Harun Tawfiq on an honorary basis at Meir Elias Hospital. Vice President ⟦signature⟧ 11/22 14
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
Jewish Hospitals Committee - Baghdad
Number 242
Date 15 / 11 / 948
File number
No. Number: L / 458
Date Date: 15 / 11 / 948
The honorable Dr. Salman Mikhail
After greetings
Further to our letter numbered L/433 and dated 31/8/1948 regarding your appointment as a doctor in
the health institutions belonging to this committee.
In view of the fact that the approval of the Directorate of General Health for your appointment has not been received so far, this committee decided
in its meeting held on 7/11/1948 to cancel its decision numbered (7) and taken on 18/7/948
regarding your aforementioned appointment. Sincerely.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Copy to -
The Presidency of the Lay Council - for information
Director of Meir Elias Hospital - for information and to inform the health departments accordingly.
Sh /
To be filed
Bentshman
15 / 11 / 948
The file is sent enclosed
⟦illegible⟧
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 Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad No. 189 Date 7 / 7 / 1948 File No. ⟦illegible⟧ No. L / 455 الرقم Date 6 / 7 / 1948 التاريخ His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council Greetings, Further to our letter numbered L/332 and dated 12/31/1947. We previously paid the amount of 150/- dinars to the baker Moshe Hesqail and it was recorded by us under the suspense account as per your letter No. 75 dated 12/19/1947. Given the financial constraints gripping the funds of this committee's institutions, we kindly ask you to settle the mentioned amount from the funds of your esteemed council. Please accept our highest respect; ⟦illegible⟧ President A. A.
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
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 247
Date 11/4/1948
File Number ⟦line⟧
No. Number: 462 / L
Date: 11/2/1948
Presidency of the Lay Council
Further to our letter No. L/405 dated 7/6/1948.
We hope to inform you that the one hundred and fifty dinars paid to Moshi Heskel, the
bread supplier, in response to his previous request to Mr. Meir Dangur, is still suspended in our accounts. In view of the financial hardship
overcoming the hospital fund, we request approval to settle this case and deduct this amount
from the advance granted to the committee by your esteemed council, amounting to 200/- dinars, by deducting
50/- dinars only from your council's allocations for hospitals for the month of December 1948. Respectfully.
⟦illegible⟧
President
To be discussed
105
211 11/28/1948 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Presidency of the Hospitals Committee With reference to your letter No. L/462 dated 11/21/1948. The Council approved the postponement of the collection of 150/- Dinars from its original claim against you amounting to 200/- Dinars, until such time as Mr. Mir Tashkur is able to pay the amount of 150/- Dinars to you, provided that this amount remains recorded in your registers as a debt owed by Mr. Mir Tashkur. Accordingly, the Council will deduct only fifty Dinars from its allocations to your committee for the month of December 1948. Respectfully. ⟦signature⟧ Vice President ⟦signature⟧ Copy to: - Accountant - To act accordingly For filing 12
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 Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Management of the Lay Council - Baghdad 254 Date 8 / 12 / 1948 File number No. / Number: L / 826 Date / Date: 8 / 12 / 1948 Presidency of the Lay Council Subject - Amendment of employment terms for a doctor ⟦line⟧ Greetings, Further to our letter numbered L/251 and dated 20 / 7 / 1947. We request your approval to replace the second paragraph of the employment terms for Dr. Hayawi Nissan, the ophthalmologist at Rimah Khedouri Hospital, with the following, provided that this amendment shall be effective as of 1 / 9 / 1948:- Second - The aforementioned doctor shall receive all fees collected by the hospital for ⟦operations⟧ and examinations performed by him personally inside the hospital, and injections he orders ⟦?⟧ personally, in the event that their total does not exceed thirty dinars monthly; as for what exceeds this amount, it shall be divided equally between him and the hospital. Please accept our highest respect; ⟦signature⟧ President By /
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 Baghdad Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 255 Date 9 / 12 / 1948 File Number 948/A/14 No. Number: L / 770 Date: 9 / 12 / 1948 Presidency of the Lay Council Subject: Approval of the appointment of a doctor We list below a copy of the resolution taken regarding the appointment of Dr. Naeem Rabie as acting head of the pediatric unit at Meir Elias Hospital, requesting approval of this appointment in accordance with Article Seven- teen of the Committee's regulations. Yours truly. ⟦Meir⟧ President Copy of Resolution No. (4) Taken at the twenty-first meeting on 7 / 12 / 48 4 - After reviewing the petition of Dr. Naeem Rabie dated 3 / 12 / 1948 and taking into consideration what was stated in the letter of Dr. Strauss, the former head of the pediatric unit at Meir Elias Hospital dated 11 / 10 / 48, which included his nomination of Dr. Naeem Rabie ⟦to take over⟧ the affairs of the pediatric unit at Meir Elias Hospital, and given that the latter doctor fulfills the conditions required by the health departments, it was decided to appoint him as acting head of the pediatric unit at Meir Elias Hospital with a lump-sum monthly salary of forty Dinars including cost of living allowances, effective from the date he starts work. ⟦line⟧ S/
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 Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 256 Date 12/9/948 File Number No. Number: 1/471 Date: 12/8/1948 Presidency of the Lay Council We wish to inform you that a donation of 100/- Dinars has been received by the Committee from an anonymous benefactor to be spent on painting the operations ward and the maternity ward at Meir Elias Hospital, and this amount has been entered as revenue in the accounts according to Article Twenty of the Committee's regulations. Respectfully yours. ⟦E. Meer⟧ President SH/
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Telephones { 3006
{ 4850
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Outpatient Dispensary
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone { Hospital 3006
{ 4850
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Outpatient Dispensary
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Incoming
Number 25
Date 17-8-46
No. 146
Date 16/8/1946
Honorable Secretary of the Lay Council,
With reference to your letter No. 1001 dated 10-8-46, we inform you that we have taken note
of its contents and have recorded the remark in the file of the employee mentioned in your letter above.
Respectfully yours,
On behalf of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Secretary
⟦signature⟧
Papers
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 Hospital for Eyes Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 252 Date 12 / 8 / 1948 File Number ⟦illegible⟧ No: L / 467 Date: 12 / 8 / 1948 Presidency of the Lay Council We wish to inform you of the receipt of an amount of 367/- Sterling Pounds as a donation to the Meir Elias Hospital in the month of June 1948 via Mr. Solomon Brook in Rangoon as a contribution to the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad. This amount has been entered as revenue in the accounts as per Article Twenty of the Committee's regulations. Yours truly, ⟦illegible⟧ President A. A.
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Established in the year 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 Telephone Number 3006 7480 Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Meir Elias Hospital Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Refouah Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad No. 252 Date 11/8/48 File Number ⟦line⟧ No. L/466 Number Date 1948/11/8 Date His Excellency, the respected President of the Lay Council After greetings, Due to the Roentgen X-ray machine at the Meir Elias Hospital ceasing to work because of its age and the wear of some of its parts, the committee decided in its seventeenth meeting held on 10/24/1948 to close the X-ray department in the aforementioned hospital after Dr. Ihsan Al-Qaimaqchi, the head of the mentioned department, along with the rest of the employees who were working in the same department, submitted their resignations, which were accepted as of 10/2/1948 PM. We would also like to inform you that we contacted Mr. Ezra Haskeel Meshee in the month of March 1948, requesting him to contact the sons of the late Mr. Shaul Hakham Haskeel, who had constructed the mentioned department, to inquire from them whether they wish to expand the building that houses the machine and replace the machine itself with a modern one; correspondence is still ongoing with Mr. Ezra Haskeel Meshee and we will inform you of the result thereafter. ⟦signature⟧ President S/
214 1948/12/12 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Your letter No. L/466 dated 11/18/1948. The Council took note of what was stated in your aforementioned letter regarding the closure of the Radiology Department at Meir Elias Hospital. Your two letters No. L/467 and L/471 dated 12/8 and 12/9/1948 The Council took note of the receipt of a donation in the amount of 367/- GBP through Mr. Solomon Brooke in London as a grant to your committee, and 100/- Dinars from an anonymous benefactor for painting the operating theater and the maternity ward at Meir Elias Hospital. Your letter No. L/468 dated 12/8/1948 The Council approved the amendment of the second paragraph of the employment terms of Dr. Hayawi Nissan, the ophthalmologist at Rima Khedouri Hospital, as stated in your aforementioned letter. Your letter No. L/470 dated 12/9/1948 The Council approved the appointment of Dr. Naeem Rabee as acting head of the pediatric unit at Meir Elias Hospital with a fixed monthly salary of forty Dinars, including cost of living allowances. For filing ⟦illegible⟧ 12/22 ⟦illegible⟧ Vice President 12
Department Copy Urgent 222 2 / 1 / 1949 Presidency of the Hospitals Committee We refer to you herewith the original letter received by us from the Property Committee No. 72 dated 31 / 12 / 1948 regarding the compensation for the expropriation of some endowments of the Rima Khadouri Hospital, requesting it be considered urgently as it pertains to your respected committee. Copy to - Property Committee - with reference to your letter No. 72 dated 31 / 12 / 1948 Vice President Archived For the importance of this building, the roof of which was completed today Dear Vice President I did not see a necessity for spending this letter at least, and let us wait the result urgently as per what was known by the light of this letter 2 / 1
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 Baghdad Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy (Dar Al-Shifa) Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 272 Date 6/1/949 File Number ⟦...⟧ No. Number: 487 / L Date: 6/1/1949 Very Urgent To the Honorable Mr. Gurji Haskail, Lawyer We request you to proceed with obtaining copies of the deeds and maps for the two properties numbered 73/139 and 99/393, sequence 312, which were endowed by the benefactor Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel under the trusteeship of the Lay Council to be used as a clinic for the community. We request this be done very urgently, and that you submit the list of expenses and fees related to this to the Lay Council. Honorary Secretary Copy to - Presidency of the Lay Council - requesting payment of the list related to this. Immediately For Filing 1/7
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Telephones 3006
7480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established 1884
Telephone Number { 3006
{ 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Hospital for Eyes
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Communal Council - Baghdad
Number 265
Date 20 / 12 / 1948
File Number .
No. / Number: 479 (1)
Date / Date: 1948/12/20
Presidency of the Communal Council
After greetings
We kindly ask for approval of this committee's decision regarding the adjustment of salaries for seven nurses from
Meir Elias Hospital effective from the first of January 1949 as listed in the table below:
⟦signature⟧
The President
Name | Nominal Salary | High Cost of Living Allowance | Total | Previous Salary | Total Reduction
| Dinars Fils | Dinars Fils | Dinars Fils | Dinars Fils | Dinars Fils
1- Nurse Susan Khedouri | 20 000 | 5 000 | 25 000 | 30 000 | 5 000
2- Nurse Rachel Bassous | 20 000 | 5 000 | 25 000 | 27 500 | 2 500
3- Nurse Shafiqa Yehuda | 20 000 | 5 000 | 25 000 | 27 500 | 2 500
4- Nurse Marcelle Lawi | 20 000 | 5 000 | 25 000 | 27 500 | 2 500
5- Midwife Rebekah Joseph | 16 500 | 4 500 | 21 000 | 22 500 | 1 500
6- Midwife Rahma Ezra | 15 000 | 4 000 | 19 000 | 20 500 | 1 500
7- Attendant Naeima Ibrahim | 15 000 | 4 000 | 19 000 | 20 500 | 1 500
Presented to the Council
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 Eyes Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad Number 566 Date 29 / 12 / 948 File Number No. / Number: L / 282 Date / Date: 27 / 12 / 1948 Presidency of the Lay Council We kindly request the ratification of the four resolutions listed below, taken on 24 / 12 / 1948 regarding the approval of the appointment of three new doctors and the cancellation of a previous resolution regarding the appointment of a doctor. ⟦signature⟧ The President Copy of resolutions No. (1) to (4) taken in the twenty-third meeting dated 24 / 12 / 1948 1- Since Dr. Haron Tawfiq did not commence work at Meir Elias Hospital, it was decided to cancel his appointment resolution No. 18 taken on 7 / 11 / 1948. 2- It was decided to appoint Dr. Shlomo Basri as Director of Dar Al-Shifa Clinic with a monthly salary of (40 Dinars) forty Dinars to which is added cost of living allowances in the amount of (7.250 Dinars) seven and a quarter Dinars starting from the first of January 1949, provided that this appointment be on probation for two months after the ratification of the Lay Council. 3- After reviewing the petition of Dr. Morris Saltoon ⟦...⟧ dated 23 / 12 / 1948 regarding his request to work at Meir Elias Hospital for free, it was decided to approve his appointment as an assistant to Dr. Isaac Israel without salary, provided that this appointment is subject to the ratification of the Lay Council and the competent health departments. 4- It was decided to approve the opening of a special department for analysis at Dar Al-Shifa Clinic under the management of Dr. Yousef Qattan provided that the types of analyses to be performed by the mentioned doctor and the fees scheduled for them are determined by this committee, and that the collected fees are divided equally between the aforementioned doctor and the mentioned clinic. ⟦line⟧ Sh /
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 } Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 272
Date 6 / 1 / 949
File Number
Number 488 / L
Date 1949/1/6
Presidency of the Lay Council
Further to our letter No. L/481 dated 30/12/1948 and with reference to the oral
discussion held between the Vice President of the Lay Council Mr. Meir Basri and the Chairman of this Committee
Mr. Sassoon Abid regarding the urgency concerning the determination of a salary for Doctor Maurice Saltoon
whom this Committee previously decided to appoint as an assistant to Doctor Isaac Israel without salary
pursuant to this Committee's resolution No. (3) communicated to your Council for approval in our letter referred to
above.
Since the financial situation of the Meir Elias Hospital does not permit the allocation of a salary for the aforementioned doctor,
we request your Council to consider the matter of allocating a special grant to this Committee equivalent to the salary of the
said doctor. We suggest granting him a nominal salary of -/21 Dinars per month plus the high cost of living allowance
according to the scale established for this institution, amounting to 6.250 Dinars. Respectfully yours.
⟦signature⟧
The President
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
221 10/1/1949 Ratification of Decisions Presidency of the Hospitals Committee Ref. Your letter No. L/479 dated 30/12/1948 The Council has ratified your decision regarding the adjustment of salaries for seven nurses from Meir Elias Hospital according to the schedule provided in your aforementioned letter. Your letter No. L/481 dated 30/12/1948 The Council has ratified your decisions No. (1), (2), and (4) regarding the cancellation of Dr. Haroun Tawfiq's appointment and the appointment of both doctors Shlomo Basri and Yusuf Qattan according to the conditions mentioned in your above-referenced letter. Your letter No. L/486 dated 6/1/1949 The Council has taken note of the contents of your aforementioned letter regarding the agreement of both Mr. Eliyahu Tawfiq and Mr. Menashi Shaul Shamshua to guarantee the Hospitals Committee at the Ottoman Bank for an overdraft of 200/- Dinars per each guarantee, and decided to support them by the Council's undertaking to pay any amount they may be claimed for in the future due to this guarantee from the Council's allocations for hospitals. Your letter No. L/488 dated 6/1/1949 After reviewing your aforementioned letter and in view of the financial hardship affecting the hospitals fund, it was decided to approve, as an exception and extraordinarily, the allocation of a special additional subsidy to the hospitals fund equivalent to the salaries proposed to be granted to Dr. Maurice Saltoun, whose appointment is planned for Meir Elias Hospital, in the amount of 21/- Dinars monthly as a nominal salary, to which (6.250) Dinars shall be added as cost-of-living allowances. In view of the inflation of your hospital's staff regarding doctors, it was decided to recommend your esteemed committee not to hire a second doctor should a vacancy occur in the future. Respectfully yours; Vice President ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 14
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 Hospital for Eyes Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad Number 271 Date 1/16/949 File Number ⟦illegible⟧ No. Number: L/482 Date: 1/10/1949 To the esteemed Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, respected To the esteemed Mr. Menashi Shaoul Shammoua, respected After greetings and respect We list for you below a copy of resolution number (1) taken in the twenty-fourth meeting on 1/3/1949 regarding your kind approval to guarantee this committee at the Ottoman Bank. I take this opportunity to offer the committee's great thanks to your honors for this assistance of yours; may you remain a help to charitable projects. Please accept our highest respect. Honorary Secretary Copy to - Presidency of the Lay Council - to kindly endorse what was stated in the mentioned resolution To the two aforementioned guarantors Copy of the Resolution (1) The committee noted with thanks the approval of Messrs. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq and Menashi Shaoul Shammoua to guarantee this committee at the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad for the purpose of an overdraft up to -/200 Dinars per each guarantee for a period of six months starting from 12/25/1948, provided that the Lay Council undertakes to pay any amount claimed by the two mentioned guarantors as a result of this guarantee from the council's monthly allocations to the Hospitals Committee. ⟦line⟧ Sh. A.