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Hatzala expands its emergency medical service across São Paulo
Hatzala is a free emergency medical service for the Jewish community in São Paulo, Brazil.
It began operating in the country in 2011 and expanded during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, it reached more than 20 neighborhoods in the city, where Brazil’s largest Jewish community is based.
Jewish volunteers and paid staff, including doctors, nurses, first responders and ambulance drivers, provide initial care around the clock.
The service takes patients to hospital after responding to an emergency.
Donations from Jewish businesspeople, including the Safra banking family, helped fund its growth.
Hatzala says it responds faster than public services in the areas where it operates, though the source gives no figures to compare response times.
Hatzala has expanded its free emergency medical service to more than 20 neighborhoods in São Paulo this year.
The service began in Brazil in 2011 and grew after a decade, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jewish volunteers and paid staff provide round-the-clock emergency care.
The team gives initial medical treatment until patients can be taken to a hospital.
Donations from Jewish businesspeople in Brazil, including the Safra banking family, helped fund the service’s growth.
- Who
- Hatzala, an emergency medical service for the Jewish community.
- What
- It expanded its service to more than 20 neighborhoods in São Paulo.
- When
- The expansion happened in 2026, according to the article published on October 12.
- Where
- São Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- Donations from Jewish businesspeople helped fund its growth.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hatzala’s emergency medical service arrived in Brazil.
The service began growing during the Covid-19 pandemic, ten years after its arrival in Brazil.
Hatzala expanded to more than 20 neighborhoods in São Paulo.
- Neighborhoods served
- More than 20 in São Paulo
- Service hours
- 24 hours a day
- Brazil arrival
- 2011
- First service area
- Higienópolis
- Jewish population in São Paulo
- About 60,000 people, according to Conib
Sources
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