From One Idea to a National Lifeline: How Eli Beer Built United Hatzalah

This episode dives into the moment Eli Beer realized emergency response needed to change, and how that single realization sparked a movement that now saves thousands of lives a year. Eli shares how this early trauma led him to volunteer on an ambulance at 15, build Hatzalah Israel, and eventually unify responders from all backgrounds into what became United Hatzalah.   

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Eli Beer is the Founder of United Hatzalah of Israel and President of Friends of United Hatzalah, Israel's largest all-volunteer emergency medical response organization. Eli began to work at his family's book and real estate businesses at the age of 13 and began to volunteer on ambulances at the age of 15, twice a week. At the age of 17 he realized that a more flexible system has to be established to improve response time in case of emergencies. United Hatzalah has grown impressively since its establishment and now has over 4500 EMT's, paramedics and doctors volunteering within its framework. Eli has been awarded numerous prizes and acknowledgments across the globe for innovative and lifesaving work.