The CEO of United Hatzalah, Eli Beer, has Bichasdei Hashem been taken off the ventilator at the University of Miami Hospital on Thursday, the first day of Pesach.

In a statement to YWN, Hatzalah says that Beer is now breathing on his own, was able to communicate with his family (see the photo below) and even began physical therapy — where he was able to identify himself as a medic to the physical therapist.

He has now tested negative twice for COVID-19, so the virus appears to have left his system.

As a result of that, he is being moved out of the COVID-19 ICU unit into the surgical ICU unit.

This is the start of what will be a long recovery, but it is the beginning and what we have been praying for and working towards over the past four weeks.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)