Employment Records of Physicians, Meir Elias Hospital
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents related to the Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad. The documents contain employment records of doctors working in hospitals administered by the Jewish Hospitals Committee, and include confirmations of a resignation, correspondence regarding employees and hospital administration, and outstanding debts. This is likely the employee file of one particular doctor, Dr. Joseph Qatan.
276 48/4/10 Israeli Hospitals Committee Baghdad Reference to the two decisions of your esteemed committee numbered 4, 7 taken in its forty-seventh and forty-ninth meetings on the dates 12 / 1 / 48 and 24 / 2 / 948 Please note that Dr. Yusuf Qattan has commenced his duties in this hospital as of 24 / 2 / 948 P.M. after the Ministry of Social Affairs authorized him to work in our hospital only ⟦S Baruch⟧ Director of Meir Elias Hospital r ⟦illegible⟧
⟦faint blue stamp: The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Number: 93 Date: 23 / 1 / 1948 His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected After greetings The Lay Council has reviewed your letter numbered L/339 and dated 13 / 1 / 1948 and decided to approve the employment of Dr. Yusuf Qattan, recently arrived from Switzerland, at Mir Elias Hospital with a monthly salary of (30 Dinars) to which is added a cost-of-living allowance of (7/250 Dinars). Furthermore, His Eminence the Head of the Community has been tasked with mediating with the competent authorities to obtain the necessary license for the aforementioned doctor to practice the medical profession in Baghdad. Sincerely, Vice President ⟦signature⟧ Qattan file ⟦red mark⟧
Biographical Translation Form for Employees of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Photograph Number -: Z / / 19 Organization Date -: 10 / 11 / 1949 Employee Name :: Dr. Yusuf Qattan Surname :: Qattan Date and Place of Birth :: 1910 Baghdad Nationality :: Iraqi Full Address: Karrada Employee's Signature :-: Single or Married :: Single Marriage Date: — Educational Attainment :: Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine in Lausanne - Switzerland Degrees Held :: Medical Diploma from Lausanne Medical School Languages Mastered :: Arabic, English, and French Previous Service :: In various government institutions General Remarks :-: Ordinary Leaves Accrued | Granted Number of days | From | To | Number of days | From | To ⟦illegible⟧ Sick Leaves Accrued | Granted | | | 9 | 28 / 2 / 48 | 5 / 3 / 948 | | | 2 | 20 / 6 / 48 | 22 / 6 / 948 Without pay according to Decree No. 222 dated 16 / 2 / 48 In ⟦...⟧ according to Decree No. 515 dated 18 / 6 / 48 Notes
Leaves Duration of Leave | Date of Leave | Notes Month | Day | From | To | | | Ordinary | | Page (16 A) | | Sick | | | 9 | 3/28/48 | 4/5/48 | According to Administrative Order No. (333) on 4/16/48 Without pay | 4 | 6/10/48 | 6/13/48 | According to Administrative Order No. (515) dated 6/18/48 | 14 | 12/25/49 | 1/7/50 | According to Administrative Order No. (98) " 1/20/50 Service Details Job Title | Department | Appointment Date | Separation Date | Salary (Dinar/Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar/Fils) | Other Allowances (Dinar/Fils) | Total Salary with Allowances (Dinar/Fils) | Increases (Dinar/Fils) | Notes Analysis Department Doctor | Meir Elias Hospital | 2/24/48 | - | 20 / - | 7 / 250 | - / - | 27 / 250 | - / - | Started work on 2/24/48 by decision of the Committee numbers 4 and 7 taken at the eighty-seventh and forty-ninth meeting on 7/11/48 and 4/21/48 and the approval of the Hakham Bashi numbered (92) on 6/2/48 - | - | - | 8/21/48 | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | His employment at Meir Elias Hospital ended due to the lack of need for his services as of 8/21/48, pursuant to the decision of the Committee in its meeting held on 7/11/48 Analysis Department Doctor | Dar al-Shifa Dispensary | 4/1/49 | - | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | He does not receive a specific salary, but rather the revenues are divided between him and the hospital according to a special agreement between him and the Hospitals Committee, then these terms were modified and became as follows: Collected from all revenues up to 150/000 Dinars and anything above that is divided equally between him and the Hospitals Committee according to the Committee decision No. (4) dated 12/24/1948 Penalties | Appraisals | 1- Granted a bonus equivalent to two months of his salary amounting to 74/500 in view of the termination of his services according to the Committee's decision taken in the meeting held on 7/11/1948