According to information released by United Hatzalah, a three-year-old child R”L lost part or all of three digits from a hand after it got stuck in an electric gate at a Bnei Brak shul. A United Hatzalah ambulance responded and EMT Moishe Segal explains the gate closed on the childs hand during a simchas beis hashoeva, resulting in partial and total amputation of three digits.
The child was transported to Schneider Childrens Hospital where surgeons worked to save the damaged fingers.
(YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem)