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Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel's health and science correspondent United Hatzalah medics in Nahariya take a Holocaust survivor to the beach, after a trip to a vaccination center. (Courtesy of United Hatzalah) After finding that many housebound Holocaust survivors are not getting vaccinated, an Israeli medical organization has teamed up with a survivor restitution group to launch a service to make their appointments and transport them to clinics. “Lots of survivors haven’t left their homes since last March, or for even longer, and they need help accessing the state’s vaccination p...

Members of United Hatzalah in Efrat (Kalanit top row far right, Raphael sitting row far right) In what turned out to be a dramatic and successful CPR last Friday evening, just as Shabbat was beginning, a father collapsed in front of his son and was saved by the quick reaction of his neighbor, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Kalanit Taub, together with other first responders. The father was assisting an ambulance driver in carrying his grown son up two flights of stairs. The son, who tested positive for Covid-19, had been rushed to the hospital after falling and suffering a head injury that req...