BROOKLYN (VINnews) – Ezras Nashim, the all-female volunteer EMT Corps has received its ambulance certification from the New York State Department of Health.
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The EMTs will start using the ambulance to respond to emergency calls and transport patients in the upcoming days.
Until now they were certified as a Basic Life Support First Response Agency (BLSFR) and had to rely on the City and private agencies for transport.
Leah Levine, COO of Ezras Nashim, said, “911 was so gracious, and will still be there for us as backup.”
Most of the women have already been trained for ambulance driving as they will be driving the ambulance to respond to emergencies.
This is historic as such an ambulance certificate has not been issued in NYC for approximately two decades. It is the women’s need for modesty in pre-hospital emergency medical care that paved the way for this victory.
In August 2020, Ezras Nashim’s Certificate of Need (CON) application for an ambulance was overwhelmingly approved by the NY State EMS Council in Albany by a 23-2 vote. That approval allowed them to purchase the ambulance, which then had to be certified by the Department of Health. Yesterday the DOH certification was issued, and once the final processing is complete, Ezras Nashim, with G-d’s help, will be able to start using their own ambulance to respond to emergency calls and transport patients.
Mazel Tov to Ezras Nushim, now that they won the Ambulance it’s about time they sit down with Hatzolah and make peace with them
Most of the women have already been trained for ambulance driving as they will be driving the ambulance to respond to emergencies.
I can see now how the Rabbonim will pull back their endorsement that’s WOMEN WILL DRIVE THE AMBULANCE, since most rabbis BAN women from driving!!!