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Vehicles belonging to Jewish ambulance service set on fire in London in apparent antisemitic attack (apnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by DamnianWayne@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] kevinsbacon@lemmy.today 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wtf is there segregated healthcare in the UK?

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

So is the point to cover specific religious taboos?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 22 points 1 week 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.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Not exactly. The Orthodox Jews run their own service in a lot of places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatzalah