Archives: Stories

  • One very busy morning

    We’re happy to update you about ambucycle #410, used by volunteer medic Moshe Goldberg who responds to calls every day. Just to give you a sense of how much he is doing, here’s a typical morning in the life of Moshe. A call comes in that someone is having breathing difficulties. Moshe races to the address and Read more

  • One mitzvah generates a thousand others – The Bawabeh Ambucycle

    One mitzvah generates a thousand others – and this is definitely true when it comes to donating to United Hatzalah. Recently the Bawabeh-Mizrachi families from the United States decided to plan a surprise to their father/father-in-law, Aslan Bawabeh. Aslan was always known from his involvement with Tzedakah and chessed projects, and thus a United Hatzalah Read more

  • One month-old saved from overheated car

    A few days ago the UH volunteers had a pre-Hanukkah event in Modiin Illit, where every volunteer received one of the handy Resqme tools. This handy little device fits a key chain but can break a car window and cut a seat belt in a move in case of emergency. Only a day later a Read more

  • Victim of factory accident saved by ambucycle medics

    Ambucycle #287 is driven by Daniel Suissa, an exceptionally dedicated volunteer who is always ready to drop what he’s doing to take a call from United Hatzalah dispatch. Daniel was in his office one day when he was alerted to a work accident at a nearby factory. Jumping on your ambucycle and racing along the roads, he and another Read more

  • Malfunctioning oxygen concentrator risks woman’s life

    It was 10:38 in the morning when the driver of ambucycle 249, David’s walkie talkie alerted him to an emergency. Leaping onto his ambucycle and racing along the roads, he arrived at the address in under two minutes! There he found a semi-conscious woman lying in bed, pale and obviously ill, attached to an oxygen concentrator that had Read more

  • Speed matters

    Yisrael Frankel, is an exceptionally dedicated volunteer who is always ready to drop what he’s doing to take a call from United Hatzalah dispatch. A driver lost control of his vehicle and the car skidded and crashed. Yisrael was alerted to the accident and jumped on his ambucycle to race to save a life. On Read more

  • The forgotten milk allergy

    Ambucycle #293 is as busy as ever saving lives in Israel with its dedicated driver, David. A young mother was in hospital with her husband just after childbirth, leaving her 2 year-old son with a babysitter. The babysitter cheerfully packed the little boy off to nursery and waved good-bye as he ran inside happily to Read more

  • Elderly man’s life and dignity saved

    Yehuda, driver of ambucycle 378 was at home in the afternoon one day when he was alerted to a potentially life-threatening situation – an elderly man who lived alone had not answered the phone to his daughter for 2 days. Your dedicated partner raced out the house, jumped on your ambucycle and sped along the Read more

  • Helping the patient – and calming down the family

    One evening, Rean, driver of ambucycle 267 went to a restaurant with his friends, celebrating a chatan about to be wed. The food was served and Rean took his first bite when his beeper alerted him to an emergency. Calling good-bye as he ran out the door, Rean jumped onto his ambucycle and raced to save Read more

  • Child under the truck

    Last week, just as Yonatan, rider of ambucycle 275 came home from work and called hello to his wife, his beeper rang – a child had been knocked over. Running back out the house and onto his ambucycle, he was on scene in under 60 seconds! His heart leapt as he saw the limp body of a little Read more