NEW YORK (VINnews) — Approximately 3 weeks ago, Ezras Nashim filed a request for a Certificate of Need allowing them to operate an ambulance in Boro Park and Kensington. As explained by Ezras nashim founder Hon. Ruchie Freier, the organization wants an ambulance in order to enable them to expand their services and treat the growing needs of local women more effectively.
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At a subsequent hearing that took place to address this request, it became clear that not all members of the community were in favor of this initiative. In an attempt to discredit the organization and it’s agenda, Hatzalah came prepared with a number of women who stated that they were satisfied with the treatment they had received at the hands of male Hatzalah volunteers. They also questioned Ezras Nashim’s ability to deliver a satisfactory response time.
Ultimately, it has now been reported that the NYC Regional EMS Council has not approved Ezras Nashim’s request. According to the agency, the reason boils down to the failure of either side to produce a majority vote to either pass the motion or deny it. In this scenario, the case will move up to the Albany State Council for a decision.
The vote breakdown was as follows:
7 REMSCO Board Members voted in favor of Ezras Nashim application,
12 votes against the application,
5 members abstained to vote,
2 members were absent.
It is worth noting, that of the 12 members who voted against the application, 4 are Hatzalah members. These members were asked to recuse themselves from the vote due to the obvious conflict of interest, however they declined to do so.
Ezras Nashim hopes for a positive outcome in Albany, as there are no Hatzalah members on the Albany State Council, which will hopefully serve to produce an unbiased decision.
שולחן ערוך סימן שכ״ח
יב. כשמחללין את השבת לצורך חולה שיש בו סכנה משתדלים שלא לעשות זאת על-ידי עכו״ם וקטנים ונשים , אלא על-ידי ישראל גדולים ובני דעת.
what a kangaroo board, its so corrupt to have Hatzolah members on the board and vote on the ezras nashim ambulance, its like the rusbashkin case, where the judge who was the prosecutor and the judge together.
Disgraceful that Hatzoloh was in the REMSCO committee!
Now they will have to go home wash the kitchen floor and make a kugel
In my opinion the main problem with esras nashim hatzolah is that they made their contact info and stuff almost identical to hatzolah so if someone calls ezras nashim instead of hatzolah by mistake the response time changes from 30 seconds to a few minutes and those minutes can be a matter of life and death. So I think either esras nashim should close down or join as a division of hatzolah. Because esras nashim doesn’t want people to die because of them
Hatzola doesnt allow accept women as part of their force. My wife went into labor and needed to be transported asap. She has asked me to call 911 instead of hatzola cuz she was afraid of a neighbor answering the call… we waited forever. I can assure you Ezras noshim will be way faster and more convenient. WHY FIGHT THEM??? let it be the patients choice…
B’h, we have it too good.
There was a time when we had common sense..
To have own vote against this license is self destruction.
My zadie a’h, use to say,
“Du lust mit nisht arein
Dorden lust mit nisht arust”
Yossi Fried as much as I understand and respect your wifes fear of having a neighbor help her in her time of need, however there is no question she risked hurting her baby and herself by waiting!! If she needed transport ASAP then that’s all that matters. There is no proof that Ezras Nashim or any other ambulance will be faster. If all parties go back to their mission statement i.e. saving lives, and put feelings into perspective what a wonderful world this would be. THere is no proof that your wife will like the EN staff who come to help her or if they will be any better than your neighbor. I was once sent to a female doctor for a serious issue simply because my female doctor thought that was good for me, She was terrible, misdiagnosed me in a hurried, superficial way , I ended up researching the best doctor for me, turns out to be a neighbor who did a great job, and guess what – a man. Its time we get over this.
BH. This is the first step. Now the city has to shut down their “first response” which delays the dispatch of an ambulance and a paramedic until one of their inexperienced EMTs “assesses the situation”. At least they should be mandated to notify 911 right away when they receive a call. Mamish retzichah the way they operate as the Hatzulah member wrote.
As long yossie and other people and ezras nushim is busy using the victim card or the womenizer card,like touched me ,modesty and other kind of bs and crying girl ,feminism and so on you are wrong ,would she have been smart enough and all her members to hide this bs by the meeting or on media ,she would probably pass ,but now she and her members couldn’t hold back and when talking about emergency help they were busy about their nice sheitels and fancyc dressing ,and the opponents women that stood up against ezras nushim in favor of hatzala were modest women and serious…hashem made her loosing her mind to show the truth for the world
Yossie: I agree with you. My wife burned herself with hot water and was required to remove her clothing. No way in hell did she want our neighbor coming over!
This whole debate is about boys wanting to keep all their funding and not have the community divided who to support. The fact Haztalah members were on this committee shows how false this is!
The matter is simple: no Hatzola member should attend to his neighbor for OB issues. There are more than enough members. Let the member from the next street handle the call. The need for the service is negligible and the cost unjustified.
I understand those who believe that the expense is unjustified and those who think that women cant do the job as well as men. I suggest that you dont call Ezras Nashim then. But what does that have to do with Ezras Nashim’s application? A good argument can be made today to have hatzalah’s license revoked. The 911 response time is far better then it was years ago. Hatzalah draws away from precious resources (insurance billing) that other ambulance companies would otherwise benefit from. There are plenty 911 system ambulances roaming the streets ready to respond at a moments notice. If Hatzala were to disappear, many private operators and FDNY would be glad to fill the void with fielding additional ambulances. And we wouldnt have to deal with all the parking and reckless driving abuses perpetrated by ego driven misogynists. But we let Hatzalah do their thing and they should let the girls have some fun too.
This REMSCO decision is a travesty on every level. Just think about this 4 Hatzolah members voted AGAINST a Heimishe Jewish Chesed organization and other 7 members most likely non Chasidish and even not Jewish voted in SUPPORT of Ezras Nashim.
It’s a very sad state of affairs that in our circles those in power have no shame no inhibition to fight for raw power even if it goes against the best interests of our community and don’t have to face the music. You can be sure that NOT a single heimishe newspaper will have a single word about this fiasco. This should be the headlines in OUR newspapers:
“Hatzolah members on REMSCO vote to BLOCK Ezrash Nashim license request and fight to deny the choice of woman in our community to have the option to call woman to come to OBGYM related emergency calls”
This is the greater problem we face our “official” “approved newspapers” have no qualms about peddling “Leshen Blei” con artists on the front pages but cannot find the space to mention such an important Chesed organization as Ezras Nashim why? is it because Hatzolah is too powerful? Is it because it perceived as a “womans” issue that’s not important to “men”? why?! don’t we all have daughters? Wives? Mothers? Why is this not on TOP OF OUR LIST of things that are important?!
How did Hatzalah get any kind of New York City permit when they clearly and blatantly discriminate against women in a non-religious context?
Why is it wrong for concerned members of a certain organization to vote on an issue that concerns their community? Do the Chiefs of FDNY that were sitting there recuse themselves from every decision that involves the fire department?
So I’m just picturing this more lady drivers on the road now driving ambulances
Hashem yishmor .
Don’t know if you’ve seen it, but why was a video by the name of Queen 93 made by Ezra’s Nushim put into many theatres to be watched by members of the public, watch it and decide on which side you want to be.