United Hatzalah assisting thousands, but it needs donations

United Hatzalah (UH), Israel’s free emergency rescue organization, has 1,500 of its nearly 7,000 members operating in the Gaza periphery and treated well over 1,000 people –civilians  and soldiers– so far. Its logistics teams are moving large amounts of medical equipment to the organization’s medical personnel deployed in the various areas in the south of the country but it needs the public’s help in collecting additional equipment.

Among them are oxygen cylinders, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) bags (for manual ventilation and rescusitation); bandages and gauze pads, portable chargers, hygiene products, closed water bottles, dry food products that don’t require cooking, disposable utensils and more. Citizens, companies, suppliers and others who wish to help are asked to contact Doron Daniel immediately at 050-348-1221.

Hundreds of UH doctors, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians are continuing to provide medical assistance to the thousands of wounded in the south and center of the country and are working hand-in-hand with Israel Defense Forces medical units in the field.

The helicopters of the medevac unit of United Hatzalah and Lahak Aviation evacuated under fire nine seriously injured people on Saturday to hospitals in central Israel, and more on Sunday. 

Medical teams deployed nationwide

UH medical teams deployed in and around the various scenes of fighting transported approximately 300 people to various hospitals using dozens of ambulances that arrived to reinforce the south in addition to rescue vehicles. It has brought bulletproof vests, helmets, medical equipment such as bandages and tourniquets, and additional medical personnel from the north and the center of the country to assist in the most hard-hit regions of the Gaza periphery.  

UH president Eli Beer said that “In these difficult times, I want to send my support to the hundreds of volunteers who have been providing medical assistance in the various. We will increase the medical personnel and equipment in the south of the country as much as necessary and will continue to provide assistance as needed. I call on the general public to be careful and obey the directives of the Home Front Command. Please enter safe rooms during Red Alert warning sirens and wait there for about 10 minutes, these are instructions that save lives.”