Archives: Stories
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The Will To Live – Ten Kavod Ma’alot
The Story of Yosef Arzad and Holocaust Survivor Mordechai Greenstein Yosef Azrad is the regional coordinator of United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod (Giving Respect) program for the city of Ma’alot Tarshiha and the surrounding area. He oversees 20 volunteers who visit senior citizens in the area every week. Yosef himself visits a senior citizen participant by Read more
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My acquaintance with Jenny Rosenstein – By Daniel Yaron
My name is Daniel, 26 years old from Tel Aviv. I am a first-year medical student at Tel Aviv University. In addition, as a participant of the IMPACT! scholarship program for released soldiers, I volunteer in the “Ten Kavod” program of United Hatzalah, which includes visiting, assisting, checking vitals, and alleviating loneliness for elderly residents Read more
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Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel Inaugurates The Launch Of Newly Developed Communications Devices For United Hatzalah
Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel, inaugurated on Monday morning, a new line of specially developed advanced communication devices that will now be used by the United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center as well as its network of more than 6,000 volunteers across the country. The specially developed Rug-Gear devices, connected to the communication networks Read more
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Amid Earthquakes, A Pillar of Kindness in Tevaria Saves A Life
Yair Nachum is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT in Teveria and runs a free lending society (gemach) that provides tables and chairs to people who are having family celebrations. In addition, he is involved in providing food for the needy in his neighborhood, including ready-to-go cooked meals. Over the course of the weekend, two minor Read more
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Shalom Avitan’s Amazing Week of Lifesaving
On Monday night at around 11:00 p.m., a man suffering from intense chest pains in his home on Monbaz Street in Jerusalem called the United Hatzalah dispatch center for help. Luckily enough for him, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shalom Avitan lives just a few doors down. Shalom immediately rushed over to help. The EMT examined Read more
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EMT comes to the rescue of patient in ambulance transport
On Friday afternoon at around 12:00 p.m., at the Ar’ara BaNegev Junction, an ambulance driver from a private ambulance company called Israel’s emergency services for help. The man he was transporting, a 60-year-old man who was on dialysis, lost consciousness in mid-transport. The patient had no pulse and wasn’t breathing so the driver initiated CPR Read more
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Helping Others With A Smile – Ten Kavod Rishon LeZion
Guy Digmy is a United Hatzalah volunteer from Rishon LeTzion who is not only the deputy chapter head of the region but also the coordinator of the Ten Kavod – Giving Honor project. He spearheads a group of nine Ten Kavod volunteers throughout the city and surrounding area and is a volunteer himself. Guy visits Read more
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Volunteer of the Month December 2021 – Moshe Oref
Moshe Oref is a volunteer EMT for United Hatzalah. He is 26 years old, married to Shira, and is a father to two beautiful children, Neveh and Tohar. They live in Esh Kodesh, a small town located in the Shiloh bloc of towns in Samaria. Moshe works at a jeep company. 3 years ago, Moshe Read more
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Help Was Just 30 Second Away
Just after 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening a man in his 40s was chatting with a friend in his home on Shalom Tzalach Street in Petach Tikvah when he experienced sharp chest pains and collapsed. The worried friend called emergency services for help. Elon Menachem Chasni, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and the local Read more
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Volunteer EMT Donates Ambulance Then Performs Successful CPR During Vehicle’s First Shift
On Sunday afternoon at around 12:30 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs, Kenneth Staub and Yossi Horovitz were driving the newly donated ambulance #63 on its first shift in the city of Beitar Illit. Suddenly, they were notified of an emergency on Kidushat HaLevi Street, where a man fell, hit his head, and required immediate medical Read more