The Hatzolah team is comprised of:
18
full time staff
76
volunteers
President
CEO
Medical Director
Legal Director
Financial Director
HR Director
Operations Director
Philip Jacobson
Steven Greenstein
Mark Uria
Two ALS, five responders, one dispatcher and ten administration staff
Fifty eight responders, three doctors and fifteen dispatchers
Hatzolah is registered as an NPC in terms of Schedule 1 of Act 71 of 2008.
Hatzolah is run and managed by a board of directors consisting purely of volunteers:
Brian Jude, CEO Dynamic Seminars
Lance Abramson, patent attorney, partner at Spoor & Fisher
Dr Reuven Jacks, medical doctor and trauma surgeon
David Shapiro, attorney and director of Shapiro Aarons Inc
Gilly Levy, entrepreneur and owner of ProRaiz
Clive Breger, entrepreneur and owner of Nicci Boutiques
Bernard Segal, entrepreneur and owner of Protea Milliners
Volunteer fundraising convenors
Retired businessman
Investec Bank
Entrepreneur, owner Smart Media
Appropriate use of Hatzolah’s Services
It is very important that in a medical emergency there is no hesitation in calling out an ambulance. Examples of real medical
emergencies are chest pains, respiratory distress, gunshot wounds and motor vehicle accidents with injuries.
You should have our number saved in your cell phone or have one of our stickers on your home phone.
Our dispatcher will ask you a series of questions to verify the nature of the emergency and other relevant details such as the
address and some basic personal information about the patient.
Our expert teams will respond with maximum haste to you and transport the patient as rapidly as possible to hospital where
they can be treated. Definitive care can only be given in a hospital and so the sooner we get the patient to hospital the
better – that is our goal.
It is equally important that an ambulance is not called for patients that are not seriously injured or sick.
Unfortunately, we often receive calls that do not warrant an ambulance. Calls that do not qualify as medical emergencies are
a waste of our resources and the consequences could be dire. While Hatzolah responders attend to someone who is not
seriously ill, other lives could be placed in serious danger because we cannot get to them sooner.
Every call Hatzolah receives is treated as a potential, life-threatening emergency.
Please consider this before you call. We want our equipment, our team and our motivation to last. We are passionate about
saving lives, protecting the Jewish community against harm and providing a supreme level of care whenever needed.
And so we ask the community − please do not take advantage of Hatzolah’s services or use us a convenience.
By the same token, please do not hesitate to call us in the event of a real emergency.
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