Convention of Unity

It was an evening to remember. It was an evening of unity and an evening of strength. Over a thousand United Hatzalah medics from across Israel gathered in Petach Tikvah to hear words of support and encouragement from leading rabbinic and public figures.

The recurring theme was that the people of Israel are deeply appreciative of United Hatzalah. 

I was pleased to receive warm words of encouragement from many of Israel's leading rabbis, including Rabbi Aryeh Leib Steinman (pictured below).

The need for a 'special forces' emergency response teams like United Hatzalah was reiterated. Many people spoke about the benefit that would come from United Hatzalah volunteers responding to emergency calls from all ambulance services. 

 The value of United Hatzalah's autonomy provides it with the ability to work with everyone.

The main benefit of United Hatzalah's expanded range of services will of course be the better and faster emergency care. In addition the costs to the patient will go down as United Hatzalah medics can radio to any of the command centers to assure the patient receives the optimal level of care in the most expedient fashion.

Our dear dedicated volunteers were of course treated well with a sumptuous buffet and small gift as token of the appreciation we all have for them.