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EMS was summoned to the site of a construction site for a reported roof collapse at 12:42PM Thursday, 7 Sivan, at Derech Yam Street in Ganei Tikvah. Magen David Adom reported that there was a total of four persons injured, including a 24-year-old male in moderate condition with injuries to his extremities and a 30-year-old make in moderate condition with abdominal injuries. They were transported to Tel Hashomer Hospital. Two other victims, males in their 30s, were listed in light condition and transported to Beilinson Hospital.
United Hatzalah volunteers treated four injured construction workers in Ganei Tikvah after a roof collapsed at a construction site.
Yuval Mizrachi an EMT first responder and the first EMS serviceman on the scene said “When I arrived at the scene I found four workers who were suffering from a variety of injuries and wounds following the collapse of a roof at the construction site. I called the United Hatzalah dispatcher at 1221 and asked for more volunteers to b e sent to the scene. The Fire and Rescue services sent a large force to the area to help evacuate the injured prior the EMS teams being able to treat the injured. After being evacuated and treated on scene the injured were evacuated to Beilinson Hospital for further treatment.”
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: צחי רוזנהפט תיעוד מבצעי מד”א)