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UH volunteers in Akko hand out heat blankets to the homeless on coldest night of the year
In a moving act of lovingkindness, Muslim and Jewish volunteers from United Hatzalah distributing blankets to the homeless in the city of Akko on what is thus far, the coldest night of the year. United Hatzalah EMTs Eran Lev, Shira Amsalem, Monir Kawas, Shimon Hatuel, Lifaz Hatuel, and Eliran Madar, drove around the city of Read more
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No One Gets Left Behind
With more than a quarter of its citizens fully vaccinated, and nearly half of the country having received their first vaccination, Israel is currently leading the world in the race to vaccinate its entire population. United Hatzalah volunteers, from all segments of Israeli society, have been taking part in this national effort and more Read more
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These Contagious Acts Of Lifesaving and Loving Kindness
On Monday afternoon, just after 3:00 p.m. a man in his 60s standing in the check-out line of a local supermarket on Jabotinsky Street in Ramat Gan suddenly collapsed. As the man fell, he hit his head on the check-out counter and suffered a serious contusion. Worried on-lookers called emergency services for help. Adiel Pinchas Read more
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Performing CPR On The Way To Work
At 7:30 on Monday morning a man collapsed on the street in Moshav Bnei Yehuda in the Golan Heights. An eye-witness who saw the man collapse ran up to a nearby building to alert a local resident whom he knew to be a paramedic. The paramedic rushed over to the collapsed man while requesting backup Read more
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An Early-Morning Rescue in East Jerusalem
This morning, (Sunday) just after 2:30 a.m., a 72-year-old man collapsed in his apartment in the A-Tur neighborhood of the Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem. The man’s wife saw what happened and was terrified. She quickly called emergency services for help. On the next street over, United Hatzalah Muslim volunteer EMT Amir Hashlamon was Read more
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For This Couple, Saving Lives Is Just Another Part Of Marital Bliss
46-year-old Vered Amir and 55-year-old Yossi Amir are a married couple who both volunteer as United Hatzalah EMTs. They live and volunteer in Rosh HaAyin, a city located in central Israel and near a major Highway junction. Vered works at Meir hospital in Kfar Saba, while Yossi works in a high-tech company. When the two Read more
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Bringing Good Deeds Into The World
Shimrit Cohen is a United Hatzalah EMT from Tiberias who also volunteers with the organization’s emergency room (ER) assistance program at the Poriya Medical Center. As hospitals are approaching peak capacity with the influx of COVID patients, Shimrit knows that her volunteer shifts in the ER and activities as a United Hatzalah responder are now Read more
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Building Bridges In Beit Shemesh and Beyond
Beit Shemesh Mayor, Dr. Aliza Bloch, visited the headquarters of United Hatzalah on Monday, and thanked the organization for their assistance in transporting the elderly, disabled, and those stuck at home, to vaccination centers in the city. During the exclusive tour of the organization’s headquarters, which included an in-depth tour of the organization’s national dispatch Read more
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Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed
On Wednesday afternoon in Givat Ze’ev, a young boy just under two years old was playing in his backyard when he tripped and landed on the family’s jacuzzi. The jacuzzi was covered but due to the recent rains, a large puddle had formed on top of the cover, and the young boy drowned in the Read more
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Psychotrauma Dog Unit Providing Psychological First Aid After The Loss of A Young Wife
On a Monday evening in January, a young woman who had recently given birth to the family’s first child collapsed at home in one of the northern neighborhoods of Jerusalem. First responders who arrived at the scene began CPR efforts in order to save her life. Due to the complex situation and trauma of the Read more