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IJA 3088

Employment Records of Physicians, Meir Elias Hospital

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These 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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3088
Item Number
6219
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Hospital, Financial, Form, Correspondence, Employment, Head of Baghdad Health District, Letterhead, Ministry of Social Affairs, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Ink Stamp, Handwritten, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital, Jewish Lay Council, Office of Public Health, File Folder, President of the Jewish Community, Ministry of Finance, Medicine, Typed, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Debts, Meir Elias Hospital, Labor

AI English Translation, Pages 101-125

Archival unit 101

557
26 / 1 / 1948
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
After greetings
The Israeli Hospitals Committee has decided to employ Dr. Yusuf
Qattan, an Iraqi national who recently arrived from Switzerland, at Meir Elias Hospital
in Baghdad ⟦line⟧
We request your kind favor in issuing your orders to approve his employment in
our hospital and kindly inform us of your approval to complete his registration procedures
duly, and may you remain ⟦line⟧ ;
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
(True copy of the original)
A. H.

Archival unit 102

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⟧

Archival unit 103

285
5/4/48
Based on what was stated in the decisions of the Medical Committee 24 and taken in its meeting ⟦illegible⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧
And the judge ⟦illegible⟧ on 14/1/48 and 4/4/948, Dr. Yusuf Qattan is appointed in the institutions of
The Health Committee according to the following conditions starting from the date he commenced work on 22/2/948
(1) The doctor receives a monthly salary of 20.000 Dinars, to which is added cost-of-living increases
in the amount of 7.500 Dinars monthly according to the followed scale.
(2) The Committee confirms that the aforementioned doctor shall work at present in Mar Elias Hospital, provided he is given one
day each week in the afternoon at the hospital in addition to the outpatient clinic, and the aforementioned
shall perform his duties according to the instructions and orders issued by the Committee from time to time.
(3) The aforementioned is granted an annual regular leave of one month and performs his duties according to
the conditions contained in the decision of this Committee numbered (1) and dated 22/7/947 and from
sick leave in the amount of one month per year.
(4) This agreement shall be valid for a period of two years starting from the date he commenced the work mentioned above
and both parties may terminate it before the end of its term by notifying the second party with a written
notice of three months.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Mar Elias Hospital
Note - The Ministry of Social Affairs' permit for the aforementioned in its letter No. 2576 dated 17/3/48
to practice his profession in Mar Elias Hospital, provided he is not allowed to open a clinic in Baghdad.
R

Archival unit 104

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Number :: 616
Date :: 20 / 3 / 1948
Subject ::
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
After greetings
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Health No. 5804 dated
25 / 3 / 1948 regarding Dr. Yusuf Qattan, and may you remain ⟦line⟧ !
President of the Community
Note
He commenced work on the morning of
24 / 2 / 948 ⟦illegible⟧
Based on the permit
An administrative order was issued to that effect
2 / 24
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
From the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject: - Practicing the profession of a physician
Reference to your letter No. 557 dated 16 / 1 / 1948.
You will find below a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Social Affairs regarding the employment of Dr. Yusuf Qattan
in the position of a physician at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad for your information and action accordingly.
Therefore, please instruct the mentioned physician to attend the office of this General Directorate
to carry out his registration process based on Article Four of the Law for Practicing Medicine in Iraq of the year
1925 and its amendments ⟦line⟧ .
Director of General Health
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs - Reference to its letter No. 3576 dated 13 / 3 / 48 for kind information
Copy to the Registration Department - for follow-up ⟦line⟧ .
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Reference to your letter No. 2513 dated 4 / 2 / 1948.
We have no objection to the employment of Dr. Yusuf Qattan in the position of a physician at Meir Elias Hospital on
the condition that he is not permitted to open a clinic in Baghdad to practice his profession there on his own account.
Minister of Social Affairs
Approved by the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of /

Archival unit 105

The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Number: 93
Date: 23 / 1 / 1948
His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
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, who recently
arrived from Switzerland, at Meir Elias Hospital with a monthly salary of (30 Dinars)
to which is added cost-of-living allowances in the amount of (7.250 Dinars). Furthermore,
His Eminence the President 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
⟦illegible⟧
Qattan File
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 106

Service Summary Form
Specific to employees and staff of health institutions affiliated
to the Admiralty Hospitals Committee in Baghdad
Full Name: Dr. Yusuf Qattan
Current Address: Adhamiya - Sulaikh
Age:
Level of Attainment (School Certificate):
Job Title: Physician at Miralic Hospital
Date of Appointment: 1948/2/24
Date of Resignation or Dismissal/Termination of Services: 21 / 8 / 1948
Salary and Promotions
Total | Total Salary | Increases | Date and Remarks
27.250 | 20 - 7.250 |  | Committee decision on 25/8/1948
Bonuses | Penalties
74/500 Dinars salary in lieu of two months' salary per the committee decision implemented on 11/10/948 |

Archival unit 107

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 :-:

Archival unit 108

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

Archival unit 109

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

Archival unit 110

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