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Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.' [‎7r] (15/20)

The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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C.H.33..
^^lHUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. J
'*■' \Jr w i
TELEPHONEi
NATIONAL 1212
Telegrams:
Inland : Kuoco. Telex, London
Foreign : Kuoco. London
Directors:
-'h. g. DAVIS (U.S.A.)
V. FRASER, C.B.E.
A. JAMESON, C.B.E.
B. t. NEWTON (U.S.A.)
G. STEVENS (VS.K.)
N . A. Gass.
Your Reference
Our Reference
Britannic House,
iry
London, E.C.2.
Finsbury Circuit,
9th Tune, 19 ^ 9 «
•J. B. Gibson, Esq.,
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ,
Whitehall,
P.W.l.
Dear Gibson,
The question of medical snd hospital facilities for
European and American staff of the Company in Kuwait has
lately been under consider tion. We rely, at present, upon
the American Mission but their objects do not, of course,
comprise the supply of such facilities as we shall presumably
need^in the near future, if the numbers of staff in Kuwait
continue to increase. It is probable, therefore, that in
about tvo years* time we shall have to construct our own
hospital together with doctor*s and nurses* quarters at some
suitable place near Kuwait town.
At present, however, the minimum which could be done in
this way would be considerably in excess of our needs, so that
the medical staff whom we would have to engage would, to a
large extent, be unoccupied. Our General Superintendent in
Kuwait has discussed the matter with Dr. Mylrea of the American
Mission and it has been suggested that we should temporarily
convert a convenient house, which we already rent, into a
hospital for our employees. The Mission would continue to
provide medical services and, in order to handle the extra
work, it is proposed that another nurs- 1 should be engageo
in the United States for service in Kuwait. The nur c e would
give us whole-time duty whenever required but would otherwise
be available for work in the Mission*s Women*s Hospital

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The file concerns a proposal by the Kuwait Oil Company to recruit an American nurse in the United States for service to the American and European staff of the Company in Kuwait. The issue arose because the Company had up until that point been dependent for medical and hospital facilities on the American Mission in Kuwait, but this arrangement was deemed to be unsuitable in view of the prospective increase in the Company's staff.

The papers show that the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. concurred in the proposal to recruit an extra nurse.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (8 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 8; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.' [‎7r] (15/20), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3825, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100046464768.0x000010> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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