The Ezras Nashim, (aka Chasdei Devorah Inc.) Organization has been granted an ambulance permit by New York State EMS Council on Thursday.
The vote at SEMSCO passed by 23 votes, with two members voting against it. A third person abstained.
The organization will now be permitted to serve female clientele within a 2.7 square-mile area in the Boro Park neighborhood.
Hatzala fought against it as they want to be the ones watching as their neighbor's wife gives birth. They wanted to be with the ones running when a lady falls, G-d Forbid, in a shower...
Now women in Boro-Park will get dignity when being in a vulnerable position ....
Of course we need male Hatzala guys and they should be commended for volunteering their time and efforts ... but women need this too for many reasons ... Ve'hameivin Yavin!
Ezras Nashim founder Judge Ruchie Freier said that she believes that SEMSCO supported the application because they understood that it was motivated by altruism.
“They realized that we wanted to protect women’s modesty and that we had no ulterior motives,” Freier said.
Carson Kessler of The City tweeted that one council member cited the opposition of 49 rabbis as the reason for their no vote and quoted SEMSCO member Donald Duvall’s different view of the application saying, “The idea…that EMS is men’s work and women aren’t capable escapes me.”
Freier expects the ambulance certificate to be issued within the next few days and said that she has been eyeing a Sprinter-type vehicle, whose slightly smaller size is better suited to the crowded streets of Borough Park.
Having heard that SEMSCO felt it was unfortunate that Hatzolah and Ezras Nashim couldn’t work together, Freier noted that she had spent a full year in 2011 trying to team up with Hatzolah, who told her to open up her own organization. Despite all that has transpired since then, Freier said she would still be amenable to working together with Hatzolah.
“We are not fighting with anyone – we are fighting for women’s modesty,” said Freier. “If Hatzolah wants to work with us, my number hasn’t changed.”
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