Ichud Hatzalah EMS personnel on erev Shabbos, Friday 28 Teves, responded to a call for cardiac arrest in a Mikvah in the Har Nof neighborhood of Yerushalayim. When the responders arrived, the gate was locked. Baruch Hashem the responders had NIS 10 coins and they were able to enter after paying. The victim was transported to a local hospital while CPR was being performed.
Ichud Hatzalah is calling on the nation’s religious councils and decision-makers to install some type of bypass for emergency responders that permits opening the turn-style gates in mikvaos for calls in mikvaos do occur on a regular basis. Some draw an analogy to the emergency key switches in public elevators used by fire departments in the event of an emergency. Perhaps a similar device can be installed in mikvaos and keys would be distributed to EMS officers in the field.
Ichud Hatzalah explains in this case B”H responders had NIS 10 coins and were able to enter, albeit paying from their own pockets. However, in cases when responders to not have money patient treatment is delayed and at times, like this one, seconds are critical.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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7 Responses
Clue me in, why is there a locked gate? Don’t the women pay when they get in?
Weird question. Men also on occasion can go to the mikvah. Seems like u never left ur old Lithuanian shtetel or have never left Baltimore.lol.
MEN’S MIKVA miss bklynmom. Got the clue?
Newsflash;
Men go mikvah also.
Especially fri afternoon.
And for women who go less often they prob pay more than 10.
I hope u don’t jump to conclusion often.
@Brooklynmom – Mikveh for men. At most men’s mikva’os there are no longer attendants collecting money. Besides the economic reason, there is a major safety reason for the gates as well.
To bklynmom. Unfortunately people were using the facilities without paying
This is a men’s Mikva. Entirely different situation