Monthly Archives: August 2021

Forest Fire In Givat Yearim Breaks Out Two Hours After A Simulated Forest Fire Training Drill Concluded in The Same Location

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Raphael Poch

United Hatzalah volunteers have been dispatched and are currently on scene at a fire that broke out in the forest surrounding the town of Givat Yearim in the Jerusalem hills. This fire is quite near the location of the previous … Continue reading →

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From Serological Testing To Lifesaving

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Tuesday evening, just after 7:00 p.m., a woman in her 80’s, with pre-existing medical conditions, suddenly collapsed in front of her family at their home on Henrietta Szold Street in Afula. Worried family members called emergency services for help.  … Continue reading →

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Quick Intervention By EMTs Saves The Life Of A Holon Man

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Monday morning just after 10:00 a.m., a 75-year-old man who suffers from a disability fell from his wheelchair and sustained a serious head injury on Sderot Yerushalayim Street. The man was semi-conscious and confused when his wife called United … Continue reading →

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The Best Birthday Gift – Her Son’s Life

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Gal is a United Hatzalah volunteer from Or HaGanuz, a town in northern Israel. On Thursday afternoon, Gal and his 15-year-old son went out for sushi in a Netanya mall. From across the restaurant, Gal noticed a few kids running … Continue reading →

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Saving a Child The Day He Brought Home His Own

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Thursday morning in Kiryat Ata, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yechezkel Solomons was getting ready to bring home his wife and new baby boy from the hospital. Yechezkel’s wife had given birth two days before, and he had just finished … Continue reading →

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From Selichot To Lifesaving

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Sunday morning at 3:40 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hillel Hamoi was just preparing to go to bed. He had just come home from Jerusalem, where he attended Selichot prayers with a number of friends from Holon. As he … Continue reading →

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Eli Beer Responds To Pashkvillim Decrying United Hatzalah As Transgressing Laws of Modesty By Training Women EMTs

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Earlier this week, posters went up in the more Charedi sections of Beit Shemesh accusing United Hatzalah of transgressing the prohibition of yichud by training female EMTs to respond to medical emergencies. Extremist elements in the Charedi community of Ramat … Continue reading →

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Going the Distance To Save a Life

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Wednesday morning, just after 4:00 a.m., United Hatzalah Dispatch and Command Center was notified about a serious medical emergency taking place in the southern neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem. An older woman has been found by her loved ones … Continue reading →

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Runners Raise Half-a-Million Dollars For United Hatzalah In 5K Race

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Raphael Poch

 Over 400 runners from five different countries joined together as part of the second annual Race To Save Lives 5k and raised $500,000 in support of the lifesaving efforts of United Hatzalah in Israel. The runners took upon themselves to … Continue reading →

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Attending The Wedding Of The Soldier He Saved Six Years Prior

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On a Wednesday, October 21st, 2015, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Michael Cohen was on his way home to the town of Adam from Jerusalem, on his ambucycle, when his communications device alerted him to a medical emergency that occurred just … Continue reading →

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