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All-female Hasidic ambulance corps gets green light after years-long battle

All-female Hasidic ambulance corps gets green light after years-long battle NYPOST.com By Reuven Fenton and Carl Campanile New York State health officials approved a license for an all-female Hasidic ambulance company to provide emergency medical service in orthodox Jewish section of Brooklyn. The application by members of Ezras Nashim had been opposed by the rival, all-male Hatzolah ambulance and many rabbis. But the New York State Emergency Medical Services Council on Thursday approved the… Read More »All-female Hasidic ambulance corps gets green light after years-long battle