Mehmed Ali had to override bureaucratic excuses to enforce hospital standards
Evidence
When in 1836, for example, an examination was conducted on the conditions of the Tura and Qaṣr al-‘Ainī hospitals in Cairo, it was discovered, among other things, that both hospitals were issuing less meat to their patients than was stipulated by the regulations. When the report was sent to Mehmed Ali he forwarded it to the War Department to take the necessary steps to alleviate the problems. The Deputy Director of the War Department returned the report to the Pasha, however, claiming that this was not the War Department’s business but that of the Health Council. The Pasha refused to accept this pretext, and insisted that the War Department deal with the complaints. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1134
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Mehmed Ali’s thrift undercut his own army’s hospital provisioning (similarity 0.85)
- Military hospital food quality stayed deficient despite repeated complaints and inspections (similarity 0.84)
- Mehmed Ali treated legal codes as flexible models subject to pragmatic violation (similarity 0.82)
- Mehmed Ali faced constraints that forced him to deviate from his own regulations (similarity 0.82)
- The gap between written regulations and actual practice pervaded Mehmed Ali’s entire rule (similarity 0.81)
- Budgetary wrangling between agencies left hospital patients underfed (similarity 0.80)
- Mehmed Ali’s stinginess undermined the effectiveness of his hospitals (similarity 0.79)
- A gap between regulation and practice pervaded all of Mehmed Ali’s institutions (similarity 0.78)
- Nearly half of Mehmed Ali’s agricultural law articles mandated whipping (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Mehmed Ali banned prostitution in Cairo to protect army discipline and health
#corroborates(0.65) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1169