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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
in 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 51/714/9
Date 24/5/951
File Number ⟦line⟧
No.: 309/6/m
Date: 24/5/1951
To
Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Audit of the accounts for the year 50/51
Given that two months have passed since the end of the fiscal year 1950/51, and since the Lay Council
customarily sends auditors to audit the accounts at the end of each year, our committee decided in its meeting held on
21/5/1951 to remind the esteemed Council to send the auditors to audit the accounts of the mentioned year.
Please accept our highest respects
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
Referred to the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Save
29/5/52
⟦signature⟧
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 51/716
Date 29 / 5 / 951
File Number
29 / 5 / 951
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 858 / 51 dated 24 / 5 / 51
We inform you that the incidental expenses of the Spiritual Council were being paid by Mr.
Gurji Mamoon Wasfi who withdrew it, and he has left Iraq nearly
a month ago. I asked him to stay before his departure, but he stated that his funds
had been frozen under the Freezing Law.
Please accept our highest respects
Salman Hooki
Aboudi
Rabbi Salman Hooki Aboudi
President of the Spiritual Council
82
1- Please present it to the Lay Council, especially
since we are now faced with a fait accompli.
29 / 5 / 1951
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Endowments
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Department Copy
51/1858
1951/5/6
To the President of the Spiritual Council
The Honorable Rabbi Salman Hezekiah Abboudi
After greetings,
Please be so kind as to settle the amount of fifteen dinars for the permanent advance
for the petty expenses of your council, given to you under check number 838815 drawn to your order.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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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 Baghdad / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
No. 5 / 711 / 51
Date 27 / 5 / 1951
File Number
No. / Number M /: 311 / 26
Date / Date: 24 / 5 / 1951
To
The Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Writing off an amount of 179.677 Dinars
owed by Mr. Elias Samira, the former Administrative Officer
of the Rimah Khedouri Hospital.
With reference to your esteemed Council's decision No. (5) taken in its seventh session held on
5 / 1 / 1950, which includes authorizing the Council President or his deputy to file a lawsuit against Mr. Elias Samira, mentioned
above, to recover the amount of 179.677 Dinars outstanding against him.
In view of the aforementioned person's permanent travel outside of Iraq and the impossibility of collecting the said amount, our
committee decided in its meeting held on 21 / 5 / 1951 to propose to your esteemed Council to write off the said
amount and settle his account accordingly;
Please accept the highest expressions of respect
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
To be presented to the Lay Council
Hospital meeting
⟦signature⟧
28 / 5 / 51
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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 Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad
Number 51/712
Date 951/5/27
File No. ⟦line⟧
No. Number: M/310/4
Date: 24 / 5 / 1951
To
The Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Vacancies in Committee Membership
We list below a copy of the decision of this committee No. (8) taken at its meeting held on
21 / 5 / 1951 and we request you to kindly provide us with a response,
Please accept our highest respect
Honorary President
"Copy of the Decision"
In view of the resignation of the honorary treasurer of the committee, Mr. Ezra Masfi, and the consideration of member Mr. Munir Nissan
as resigned due to the revocation of his Iraqi citizenship, it was decided to inquire with the esteemed Council as to whether a decision has been made regarding
the aforementioned resignations for the purpose of distributing the duties of the aforementioned individuals to the committee members.
Document
51/5/19
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Israelite Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
No. - 218 -
Date - 10 / 4 / 1951
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number G / 680 / 51
Date 11 / 4 / 51
File Number
To
Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 665 dated 20 / 3 / 1951
Our committee reviewed in its session held on 9 / 4 / 1951 the content of your letter referred
to above, and here is the requested information.
1 - It was stated in the first paragraph of your aforementioned letter that the difference between the inventory assets on 31 / 3 / 47
and 31 / 12 / 1950, amounting to 3484 / 518 Dinars, is an addition to the debt amounting to 10157 / - Dinars.
This is incorrect, as you did not take into account the debt existing on 31 / 3 / 47 amounting to
4490 / - Dinars and the inventory assets on 31 / 12 / 1950. Since the mentioned
assets were estimated at an approximate amount of 2000 / - Dinars due to no inventory being taken at the time,
we will provide you with the value of the actual assets on that date after the inventory which
will be completed within a few days on the occasion of the end of the fiscal year on 31 / 3 / 1951. If, after the inventory,
funds are found in the stores in the amount of 2000 / - Dinars as we had estimated as stated in our report
No. L / 825 dated 26 / 1 / 1951, then the debt will become 9151 / - Dinars
after deducting the mentioned assets from the principal debt.
2 - We also attach herewith a table showing the main revenues and expenditures such as accommodation, surgeries, salaries,
subsistence, medicines, and others during the period from the year 46 / 47, i.e., from 1 / 4 / 47 until 31 / 12 / 50
(three years and nine months), matched by the same information during the period that preceded it. It is clear
from the figures contained therein that salary expenditures have inflated, noting that during the past three
years, the الممتاز [Excellent] building of Mr. Yehuda Nunu, consisting of six rooms for six
patients, was opened, as well as an additional ward for the poor to admit these patients in case of an increase in their numbers.
3 - We also attach herewith the hospitals' cadre staff which is sufficient to meet the need in case the wards and departments
are full of patients to the maximum limit, and its annual total amounts to 22152 / - Dinars.
Sincerely yours,
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
Attachments - Table / No. 1
- Cadre staff No. / 1
To be filed
⟦signature⟧
19 / 4 / 51
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The Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Baghdad on 27 / 2 / 951
To the Israeli Hospitals Committee - Baghdad
With reference to the committee's decision No. (6) taken at its third meeting held on
4 / 2 / 951, regarding the assignment of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to study the hospital staff.
1- After studying the staff, we found it ⟦from⟧ necessary to reduce it as follows
after taking into consideration that the proposed staff is sufficient to meet the need in case the wards and departments
are filled with patients to the maximum capacity.
1- Dr. Balyan - Technical Hospital Director and Head of the Internal Medicine Unit 60 -
2- Dr. Sussman - Surgeon in charge of surgical wards 3 + 4 in addition to patients 48
in the private section
3- Dr. Tokar - Head of the Private Maternity and Free Maternity sections 28
4- Dr. Naeem Rabee - Head of the Pediatrics Division 22
5- Dr. Albert Gurji - Responsible for free internal medicine wards 1 + 2 22 200
6- Dr. Maurice Saltoon - Resident Physician 25
7- Dr. Ibrahim Moallim - On call for two nights per week 12
8- Dr. Mills - Head of Laboratory (share of revenues) -
9- Dr. Raouf Sbeih - Physician in the Laboratory (share of revenues) -
10- Dr. Shawkat Mahmoud - Radiologist (share of revenues) -
11- Violet Jacqueline - Radiology Assistant (her salary is paid from radiology revenues) -
Pharmacy
12- Miss Sabiha Shabi - Pharmacist in charge 25 250
13- Sassoon Shabi - Assistant Pharmacist 14
14- Servant 5
Free Wards from 1 - 4 (four wards)
Accommodates 48 to 56 patients
1- Nurse in charge 20
4- Attendants 26
8- Servants (day and night) 27 42 500
Pediatric Wards - Accommodates 34 patients and consists of three wards
1- Nurse in charge 18
3- Attendant 22
34 - 3- Servants (day and night) 15
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Free Maternity - three wards accommodating 36 patients
2 - Midwife
2 - Orderly - <del>one of whom</del> monitors furnishings and cleanliness
4 - Servants (day and night) 42
Paid Maternity ⟦line⟧ accommodates 12 to 16 patients
2 - Midwife (one of whom is responsible for the operating room at the same time)
3 - Orderly
5 - Servants (day and night) 52
Excellent Class ⟦line⟧ accommodates 6 patients
1 - Nurse (performs the function of supervisor of nurses at the same time)
2 - Orderly
5 - Servants (day and night) 60
Note ⟦line⟧ when the Excellent section was constructed we had an idea to open a corridor from the Excellent
to the First Class to economize on the number of nurses and servants only, and the idea was abandoned then
as after studying it we found that it would affect the service to patients while the
economy is very partial, and after studying this aspect at the present time we found it
impossible to implement now, so it was decided to postpone it and study it again in the coming month of April.
First Class - accommodates 15 patients
1 - Nurse
3 - Orderly
7 - Servants (day and night) 71
Second Class - accommodates 25 patients
1 - Nurse
3 - Orderly
6 - Servants (day and night) 80
Note - five rooms of the Second Class rooms (Al-Jamkhana) can be used as First Class
when needed, in the event that there are no vacant rooms in the First Class.
Night Shift
1 - Nurse
2 - Orderly 83
455 950
255 00
145 50
200 000
490 500
195 500
280 000
25
12
27
21
29
27
21 500
17 500
22
20
12
877 450
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Operations | 450 | 877
2 - Attendant | 6 | 16
1 - Servant | 6 | 86
Note ⟦line⟧ (One of the midwives in the paid delivery is responsible at the same time for the operating room) | 22 |
Outpatient Clinic | |
1 - Attendant | 6 |
2 - Servant (one of whom receives 3 Dinars per month as a translator for Dr. Balyan) | 9 | 89
Laboratory | | 18
1 - Laboratory Assistant | |
1 - Servant | 5 | 91
Administration | | 42
1 - Administrative Manager and Secretary of the Committee | 250 | 20
Treasurer | |
1 - Accountant | 250 | 24
2 - Clerks | 500 | 20
5 - Servants for the administration, service for the on-call doctor, and phone duty | 27 | 101
Kitchen | |
1 - First Cook | 21 |
1 - Second Cook | 9500 |
5 - Servants | 27000 |
1 - Kitchen Supervisor | 8 | 109
Note ⟦line⟧ There is currently a kitchen supervisor ⟦for a fee⟧ with a salary of 16/- Dinars per month whereas
an attendant at six Dinars can perform her function, therefore it is suggested to reduce her salary to 8/-
Dinars, otherwise her services will be dispensed with.
Laundry ⟦line⟧ | |
1 - Laundry Supervisor } Consolidating the two jobs into one attendant will be considered later | 9500 |
1 - Seamstress } | 8000 |
1 - Ironer | 10 |
1 - Assistant Ironer | 5500 |
6 - Washerwomen and servants | 27500 | 119
Garden, garden watering machine, and dirty water suction machine | |
1 - Head of Farmers | 18 |
3 - Farmers | 19000 | 123
1297700
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Doormen | |
2 - Doorman | 19 | 125
The Marketer, food distribution warehouse, driver and sterilization | |
1 - Marketer | 500 | 21
2 - Food distribution officer | | 22
1 - Car driver | | 11
1 - Sterilizer for surgical tools and others | 130 |
Dressers (Orderlies) | |
2 - Dresser | 24 | 132
Sweepers, reserves, and nurses' quarters | |
3 - Servants | 19 |
1 - Torah servant (A servant with 30 years of service and is now blind) | 2 | 136
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital | |
Responsible physician (Discussions are being held with Dr. Rothschild to appoint him as a responsible physician if the committee finds a need for that) | 40 |
1 - Assistant physician | 10 |
1 - Administrative officer | 500 | 19
1 - Dresser and card clerk | 14 |
1 - Nurse | 10 |
3 - Servants and a guard | 18 | 7
The Dispensary | |
1 - Internal medicine physician | 800 | 27
1 Surgeon (He informed us that he will travel within one month and there is no need to appoint someone else) | 000 | 40
1 - Pathologist (Share of proceeds) | |
1 - Otolaryngologist (Works honorarily without a salary) | |
1 - Health worker (Performs the duties of pharmacist and dresser) | 24 |
1 - Clerk and identifier (Sent from the hospital administration in the morning and works at the hospital in the afternoon for typing) | 18 |
1 - Attendant (Card clerk and assists the doctor) | 5 |
3 - Servant | 15 | 10
| | 1678500
It is clear from the proposed staff list the following: -
- 2 The number in Meir Elias Hospital decreased by 25 people as it became 136 after it was
161 on 1/23/1951, and the difference results from reducing the number of employees in each department.
B - The number in the dispensary decreased by 7 people, becoming 10 employees after it was
17 employees.
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C - In Rima Khedhouri Hospital, the nurses decreased by two, as after being (9) they became (7) employees.
And based on the new staff cadre, monthly salaries will decrease by an amount ranging between -/300 and -/320
Dinars; however, it must be noted that we cannot dispense with the services of the on-call staff and the surplus nurses
currently beyond the proposed cadre, as they will fill the many vacancies that will certainly occur during the next month
to the extent that we will be forced to use nurses, on-call staff, and health officials to fill the vacancy. As for the servants, a
portion of them has been dispensed with and the rest will be dispensed with at the end of the current month, however, in view of the presence of <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
the following named employees below whose services can be dispensed with without affecting the progress of
work, we suggest dispensing with them immediately, and they are:-
A - Dispensing with the services of the kitchen supervisor at Meir Elias Hospital, Mrs. Naeema Daoud, as
her salary is -/16 Dinars per month, and one of the on-call staff can perform her job with a salary of -/6 Dinars
monthly. This is while knowing that we see no objection to keeping her in her position if she agrees to work for a salary
of -/8 Dinars monthly.
B - Dispensing with the services of the dresser at the clinic, Youssef Meir, with a salary of -/16 Dinars monthly, as
the new health official will perform the duties of the pharmacist and the dresser at the same time.
C - Dispensing with the services of the on-call worker Mathilde Sion with a salary of -/5 Dinars monthly in the clinic, as
the aforementioned has only three months of service and cannot benefit from her at Meir Elias Hospital
if she were transferred there, since she is about to travel.
D - Transferring the on-call worker Catherine Selim in the clinic with a salary of 5/500 Dinars monthly to Meir Elias
Hospital after adjusting her salary to -/6 Dinars, which is the minimum salary for on-call workers in <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
the hospital; otherwise, dismiss her if she refuses that.
-3 Dr. Youssef Qattan, who conducts analyses for the clinic's patients, has a private laboratory in Rima
Khedhouri Hospital; we suggest transferring him to the clinic because there are empty rooms in it and closing his laboratory in Rima
Khedhouri, provided that it is considered thereafter whether there is a need for the services of the aforementioned or the possibility
of dispensing with him.
-4 This, and in view of the shortage of poor patients at the <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> present time, we found it necessary to close
wards 5+6, the free ones, whose number of beds is 26 for surgical diseases under the management of
Dr. Yisrael. This is while knowing that one of the two mentioned wards was opened in the year 1947
and the other in the year 1949 to meet the need in view of the increase in the number of patients at that time; we did not see
a justification for their remaining at the present time after the reasons for their opening ceased, so they were closed on 21 / 2 / 951
-5 In view of the expected travel of Dr. Hayya, the resident doctor at Meir Elias Hospital, in the near future,
and after reviewing the petition of Dr. Maurice Salton dated 5 / 2 / 1951 and the recommendation of the
hospital director to assign the position of resident doctor to him, we see the decision of the following:-
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" Transferring Dr. Maurice Saltoun from his current position as assistant to the surgeon to the position of resident doctor in
Meir Elias Hospital according to the following conditions: -
a - He receives a monthly salary of -/35 Dinars, including high-cost-of-living allowances.
b - He performs afternoon duty from the end of official working hours until the start of the night shift.
c - He performs the night shift for five nights a week.
d - He assists the surgeons in the morning until all surgeries are completed before leaving the hospital.
e - The above shall be applied as of the date Dr. Hayya stops working, with informing the aforementioned
individual that the committee will consider his promotion at an upcoming early opportunity.
6- Dr. Maurice Saltoun was the one collaborating with Dr. Hayya in taking two night shifts
per week, therefore we see it necessary to appoint Dr. Ibrahim Muallim to perform the mentioned two night shifts.
The aforementioned individual currently works on an honorary basis and receives five Dinars as transportation fees for going to the
Menashi Saleh Asylum to treat patients there. We suggest canceling the mentioned allowances and granting him -/12 Dinars
as allowances for performing the mentioned shift and going to the asylum.
7- Since the observer Abdullah Kabbay performs the duties of Administrative Manager in the hospital, we suggest changing
his job title from observer to Administrative Manager with an increase in his salary from 33/250 to 37/250 Dinars
including high-cost-of-living allowances effective 1 / 2 / 1951.
8- In view of the presence of five female attendants who perform their duties in a very satisfactory manner equivalent to
the work of graduate nurses, we suggest increasing the salary of each of them by two Dinars as follows effective
from 1 / 2 / 951
Name | Current Salary | Salary After Increase
Flora Robin | 14 / 000 | 16 / 000
Margaret Haroun | 11 / 500 | 13 / 500
Habiba Yaqoub | 11 / 500 | 13 / 500
Latifa Salman | 11 / 500 | 13 / 500
Hanina Moshi | 10 / 500 | 12 / 500
9- To carry out the work in the hospital as required relative to current circumstances and the necessity of
complete economy in expenses, we suggest taking a decision to authorize the President and Vice President to continuously review
the staff requirements approximately, taking into account the situation at that time while studying the staff in detail
next April.
May you remain
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Vice President President
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Appendix to the Hospital Staff dated 27/2/1951
Fils Dinar
The two free wards 5+6 that were closed on 21/2/1951 as |
they were opened for the purpose of admitting patients when their numbers increased. |
Servant number / 4 | 20 / 000
Attendant number / 2 | 12 / 000
Nurse number / 1 | 20 / 000
Rima Khadouri Hospital |
The employees mentioned below are added in case the number of patients increases |
Card clerk number / 1 | 13 / 000
Attendants number / 2 | 14 / 000
Servants number / 2 | 10 / 000
The Dispensary |
Dresser number / 1 | 12 / 000
Servant number / 1 | 5 / 000
| 106 / 000
Fils Dinar
Original Staff | 1677 / 500
The aforementioned appendix is added to meet the need when necessary | 106 / 000
Monthly Total | 1783 / 500
Fils Dinar
Annual Total | 21402 / 000
Add 20% of the doctors' salaries that were deducted from them in the year 1950 | 750 / 000
as this procedure is temporary. |
Total | 22152 / 000
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Vice President
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President
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50490
51%
C /
March 1951/
Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 45 dated 1/29/1951.
It is clear to us from it that on 3/30/1947, the debts owed by the hospital were 4490/- Dinars
offset by funds in the hospital warehouses amounting to 5484/518 Dinars, so the surplus resulting from the subtraction is 994/518
Dinars, representing funds present in the hospital warehouses. Therefore, we would like to be informed in detail about how the debt amounting to 10157/-
Dinars was formed for the period from 3/31/47 to 3/31/1950, as stated in your report No. L/825 dated 1/26/1951.
Knowing that the current warehouse inventory as of 12/31/1950 was valued at 2000/- Dinars
approximately, while knowing it was 5484/518 Dinars on 3/31/1947, meaning the difference is 3484/518 Dinars.
This difference is added to the debt. Note that the expenditures for the intervening period from 3/31/1947 to 12/31/1950
must inevitably be less than they were before this date due to the general decrease in prices (subsistence, medicines, bandages,
furniture, etc.) which inevitably leads to a reduction in expenditures.
From the above, the following is clear: ⟦line⟧
1- All expenses from the year 1947 to 1950, if compared with the preceding years, must inevitably be less due to the reasons
noted above, as shown in the comparison of expenditure chapters for each year.
2- Revenues in the years preceding 1948 must be less than in the years following it, as during this period two hospitals
with fees belonging to others were closed. Naturally, revenues in the following years are higher in view of what we explained above
in the following years, which leads to a surplus due to the increase of revenues over expenditures.
3- We see that some expenditure chapters for the years from '47 to the end of '50 are more than what they were in the years prior
to the year 1947. We would like you to provide us with your information and details of the expenses spent after 1947 until the end of 1950
and a comparison of its chapters with the years preceding '47, as a comparison of the annual total for each chapter of salaries or others in the years prior
to 1947 and subsequent to it. Also, provide at the present time a schedule for the employees and others required by the hospital at the maximum
capacity for the total number of patients, in order to conduct the comparison between 46-47 and 47 to the end of 1950 and the current time.
4- In addition to the regular revenues, donations of significant amounts occurred in the years following 1947, and also
an endowment occurred in the amount of 600/- Dinars. These amounts were added to the revenues, as well as the Physical Council allocations
which increased over the years preceding the year 1948.
Therefore, please provide us with the details noted above. Regards.
The President
Ibrahim /20
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C /
51 /
3 / 1951
Chairmanship of the Hospital Committee
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 45 dated 29 / 4 / 1951.
It is clear to us from it that on 30 / 3 / 1947 the debts owed by the hospital were 4410/- Dinars
offset by funds in the hospital warehouses amounting to 5484 / ⟦518⟧ Dinars, so the surplus resulting from the subtraction is 994 / 518
Dinars consisting of assets present in the hospital warehouses. Therefore, we would like to be informed in detail about how the debt amounting to 10157/-
Dinars was formed for the period from 31 / 3 / 47 until 31 / 3 / 950 according to what was stated in your report numbered L / 825 dated 26 / 1 / 951.
Note that the current warehouse assets present on 31 / 12 / 950 have been valued at -/2000 Dinars
approximately, while they were on 31 / 3 / 947 amounting to 5484 / 518 Dinars, meaning the difference is 3484 / 518 Dinars.
So this difference is an addition to the debt. Note that the expenditures for the intervening period from 31 / 3 / 947 until 31 / 12 / 950
must inevitably be less than before this date due to the general decrease in prices (living, medicine, bandages,
furniture, and others) which inevitably leads to a reduction in expenditures.
The following is clear from the above:
1- All expenses from the year 947 until 950, if compared with the preceding years, must inevitably be less due to the reasons
noted above, as shown in the comparison of expense sections for each year.
2- Revenues in the years preceding 948 must be less than the following years, as during this period two hospitals
with fees belonging to others were closed. Naturally, the revenues in the following years would be more, given what we explained above
in the following years, which leads to a surplus due to the increase of revenues over expenditures.
3- We see that some expense sections for the years from the year 47 to the end of the year 50 are more than they were in the previous years
to the year 947; we would like you to provide us with your information and details of the expenses that were spent from after the year 947 to the end of 950
and compare its sections with the years preceding the year 47 as a comparison of the annual total for each section for salaries or others in the previous years
to the year 947 and subsequent to it, as well as giving at the present time a schedule of employees and others required by the hospital at the maximum
limit for the total of patients, in order to conduct the comparison between 46-47 and 47 to the end of 950 and the current time.
4- In addition to the regular revenues, in the subsequent years from 947, donations of considerable amounts were obtained, as well as
an endowment occurred in the amount of -/600 Dinars, and these amounts became an addition to the revenues, and also the allocations of the Physical Council
increased over the years that preceded the year 948.
Therefore, please provide us with the details recorded above. Sincerely,
The President
Ibrahim / 20
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
C / 647 / 51
21 / 51
No. 45
Date 1/29/1951
Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. C / 647 / 51 dated 1/28/1951.
Debts began to accumulate on the hospital since 1943, then reached
on 3/31/1947 -/4490 Dinars, and at the same time there was property in the
hospital stores to meet its necessary needs such as medicine and others in the amount of 518/5484
Dinars.
With respect,
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Honorary President
To be presented to the Lay Council in its next session
2/7/1951
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⟦faded red stamp⟧
⟦red cross mark⟧
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C / 647 / 51
1/28/1951
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Presidency of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings,
Regarding your letter numbered L/825 and dated 1/26/1951 concerning
the debts incurred by your committee as of 12/31/1950 amounting to -/10157 Dinars, please
inform us of the date these debts began to accumulate according to your records. Best regards;
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1/28
⟦signature⟧
The President
Ibrahim / 28
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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 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 51
Date 28 / 1 / 51
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
No. Number: L / 825
Date: 1951/1/26
To
The Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Report on the financial situation of the hospitals
as of 31 / 12 / 1950
1- Following the appointment of our committee by your esteemed council according to its letter No. H/636/51 dated 1/1/1951,
the committee took over the management of the Jewish hospitals. After a preliminary study and review of the account schedules organized
by the administration of Meir Elias Hospital, we found that there are debts owed by the aforementioned hospital amounting to 10,157/-
dinars as of 31/12/1950. This is a significant amount, especially since the creditors are urgently demanding payment of
their debts, including foreign companies in Baghdad, an English company in London, the hospital's doctors, and the Income Tax Department.
We attach herewith a schedule of the mentioned debts for your review.
2- It is very necessary that there be appropriate quantities of medicines, dressings, food, and fuel in the hospital stores
ranging in value between 5,000/- and 6,000/- dinars for the purpose of carrying out hospital operations as desired, especially since
prices have begun to increase continuously in the markets. Note that the current store inventory that can
be utilized is estimated at approximately 2,000/- dinars only, which causes difficulty in meeting the hospital's needs
in the required manner.
3- In view of the above, we wish to inform your esteemed council that it is very necessary to take urgent measures. It may
be appropriate for community notables to participate with the Lay Council and this committee for the purpose of remedying the current situation and
covering at least a portion of the mentioned debts immediately. Otherwise, continuing in this state - especially since the hospital's income
is not expected to be sufficient to cover even ordinary expenses - will lead, God forbid, to a deterioration of the situation to a degree
that cannot be remedied at that time. With respect.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
Attachments - Schedule
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
3006
Telephones 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established in 1884
3006
Telephone Number 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Number / No.: L / 82
Date / Date: 26 / 1 / 1951
To
The Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Report on the financial situation of the hospitals
as of 31 / 12 / 1950
1- Following the appointment of our committee by your esteemed council according to its letter No. H/51/636 dated 1 / 1 / 1951,
the committee took over the management of the Jewish hospitals. After a preliminary study and review of the account tables organized
by the administration of Meir Elias Hospital, we found that there are debts incurred by the aforementioned hospital amounting to 10157/-
dinars as of 31 / 12 / 1950. This is a significant amount, especially since the creditors are urgently demanding payment
of their debts, including foreign companies in Baghdad, an English company in London, the hospital's doctors, and the Income Tax Department.
We attach herewith a table of the aforementioned debts for your review.
2- Furthermore, it is very necessary for the hospital warehouses to contain appropriate quantities of medicines, dressings, food, and fuel
ranging in value between 5000/- and 6000/- dinars for the purpose of conducting the hospital's business as desired, especially since
prices have begun to increase continuously in the markets. Note that the current warehouse inventory that can
be utilized is estimated at approximately 2000/- dinars only, which causes difficulty in meeting the hospital's needs
in the required manner.
3- In view of the above, we request to inform your esteemed council that it is very necessary to take urgent measures. It may
be appropriate for the community notables to participate with the Lay Council and this committee for the purpose of remedying the current situation and
covering at least a portion of the mentioned debts immediately. Otherwise, continuing in this state - especially since the hospital's revenues
are not expected to be sufficient to cover even the regular expenses - will lead, God forbid, to the deterioration of the situation to a degree
that cannot be remedied then. With respect.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
Attachments - Table
Page 173
Table of debts owed by the hospital
At the end of 31 / 12 / 950
Fils Dinar
Doctors' claims | 4137/000
Salary liabilities | 276/000
Income tax | 1400/000
Youssef Haskell (Milk supplier) | 260/000
Moshe Ibrahim (Ice supplier) | 525/000
Medicine warehouses | 1615/000
Down Brothers Company in London (Surgical instruments) | 550/000
Property tax | 270/000
Electricity bills | 75/000
Telephone bills | 100/000
Bechor Press | 54/000
Insurance company | 16/000
| 9278/000
Deducting claims
Iraqi loan bonds | 45/000
Shim'on Hakham Shim'on | 11/500
Suspended accounts of the new X-ray bank | 70/000
Cash on hand | 4/500
Balance at Ottoman Bank | 120/000
| 251/000
| 9027/000
Approximately added are the leave claims of doctors, nurses, and staff that will be paid upon request
1130/000
10157/000
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Notes
-1 There is an amount of 179/500 Dinars owed by Elias Samira, the former administrative officer of Rima Khedouri Hospital, however
it is not expected to be recovered from him.
-2 239/ Dinars promissory notes for rent account for the end of the fiscal year ending on 31 / 3 / 1951
-3 249/ Dinars owed by the Nursing Mothers' Relief Association, not expected to be recovered given the financial situation of the association.
-4 24/ Dinars registered as suspended accounts on the Electricity Company as annual insurance shortages, to be registered as expenses during
the next two months.
⟦signature⟧
⟦4/1/951⟧
Director of Meir Elias Hospital
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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 the year 1884
Telephone Number { 3006
Baghdad { 7480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No.:
Date:
( 2 )
The Committee's decision taken on 10/31/1950, also effective from 3/1/1951.
3 - Since the observer, Mr. Abdullah Kabbay, is performing the duties of Administrative Manager at the hospital, his job title shall be changed
from "Observer" to "Administrative Manager" with an increase in salary from 33.250 Dinars to 37.250 (thirty-seven
and a quarter Dinars) including high cost of living allowances, effective from 2/1/1951.
4 - It was decided to appoint the following employees, nurses, and attendants named below to fill the vacancies:
1 - Nurse Marcelle Meir with a salary of 21.500 twenty-one Dinars and five hundred fils per month including high cost of living
allowances, effective from 2/28/1951 in the afternoon.
2 - Nurse Farah Eliyahu with a salary of 21.500 twenty-one Dinars and five hundred fils per month including high cost of living
allowances, effective from 3/1/1951 in the afternoon.
3 - Accountant Sassoon Qara Kalla with a salary of 30/- thirty Dinars per month effective from 2/14/1951 in the morning.
4 - Appointment of clerk Selim Ibrahim Yaqoub at Meir Elias Hospital with a monthly salary of 16/- sixteen
Dinars including high cost of living allowances and assigning him to perform banking tasks at the clinic in exchange for an allowance of
4/- Dinars per month effective from 3/1/1951 in the afternoon.
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To be filed
In the files
2/19/51
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