▲ 70 ▼ Vehicles belonging to Jewish ambulance service set on fire in London in apparent antisemitic attack (apnews.com) submitted 7 months ago by DamnianWayne@lemmy.world to c/world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kevinsbacon@lemmy.today 30 points 7 months ago (6 children) Wtf is there segregated healthcare in the UK? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 24 points 7 months ago I'm not familiar with situation in the UK, but in other countries there are NGOs that try to complement the national healthcare services, ranging from financing ambulances to at home care. They are often tied to religious movements. At a quick glance, Hatzola Northwest seems to provide services for free to everyone in their catchment area, so any segregation is geographic in origin. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) Nope, it is an adjunct funded by the Jewish community to avoid accidental things not approved of (can't list what as I can't recall). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago I believe it has to do with Kosher blood. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago Not exactly. The Orthodox Jews run their own service in a lot of places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatzalah permalink fedilink source parent [–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Two things: It’s not restricted the the UK. Hartzola (the various orthodox Jewish ambulances services) operate all over the world. Although they tend to be based in majority Jewish areas, they don’t restrict their service to Jews, as part of their code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 7 months ago So is the point to cover specific religious taboos? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 24 points 7 months ago I'm not familiar with situation in the UK, but in other countries there are NGOs that try to complement the national healthcare services, ranging from financing ambulances to at home care. They are often tied to religious movements. At a quick glance, Hatzola Northwest seems to provide services for free to everyone in their catchment area, so any segregation is geographic in origin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) Nope, it is an adjunct funded by the Jewish community to avoid accidental things not approved of (can't list what as I can't recall). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago I believe it has to do with Kosher blood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago I believe it has to do with Kosher blood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago Not exactly. The Orthodox Jews run their own service in a lot of places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatzalah permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Two things: It’s not restricted the the UK. Hartzola (the various orthodox Jewish ambulances services) operate all over the world. Although they tend to be based in majority Jewish areas, they don’t restrict their service to Jews, as part of their code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 7 months ago So is the point to cover specific religious taboos? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 7 months ago So is the point to cover specific religious taboos? permalink fedilink source parent