Yad Sarah’s services are essential for the provision of care during times of crisis, as it is a designated national emergency organization.
Yad Sarah is in Emergency Mode as the Israeli home-front remains at risk due to the ongoing deadly Iran strikes.
Jerusalem, June 16, 2025 – Yad Sarah, the largest non-governmental healthcare and social services organization in Israel, has maintained a state of national emergency in response to the anticipated reprisal attacks by Iran, which were announced early on June 13th.
In the face of the current unprecedented threat to Israeli civilian populations, Yad Sarah teams are providing essential home health care and social assistance through a diverse array of services and equipment, all while adhering to the strictest safety standards and Homefront Command regulations.
Dedicated volunteers have risen to action, staffing branches across the country, including the Rehovot branch that sustained damage from missile fire last night. Regional and department administrators are working directly in the field to ensure the rapid continuity of care.
Yad Sarah’s Emergency Medical Hotline has responded to 2,207 emergency calls from across the country since the launch of Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion” against Iran.
- 456 respiratory emergencies that required the dispatch of medical assistance
- 212 cardiac events requiring immediate ambulance evacuation
- 789 medical inquiries handled through professional consultation and follow-up instructions
- 52 doctor house calls
- 621 falls on the way to protected shelters, requiring neighbors, relatives, or lifting responders to be summoned
- 77 calming/support calls managed by the hotline’s trained staff
Yad Sarah is also updating the general public that the following resources are available and that branches with protected spaces are open for service:
- Frenkel Emergency Medical Center: Yad Sarah’s urgent care clinic is operating as usual, with reinforced medical staff.
- General Assistance Centers: Reinforced and responding to every request.
- Home Hospitalization Equipment and Services: Expanded to enable rapid discharge from hospitals and support for the wounded and recovering.
- Transportation Fleet: Reinforced with volunteers and vehicles to ensure mobility
- Community Pharmacy: Operating with a delivery system and supplying life-saving medications free of charge.
- Home and Community Services: Operating in a per need basis
- Family Hospitality Units (Jerusalem, Beer Sheva, Ra’anana): Open to provide temporary housing for families accompanying injured loved ones.
- Rehabilitation Equipment: Day rehab centers are temporarily closed for the safety of patients, but rehabilitation equipment can be borrowed for home use.
- Mobile Dental Clinics: Operating as usual and providing comprehensive care to homebound patients.
“The devotion of our teams and all the civil response personnel who are selflessly rising to the task to help others, embodies the spirit of Israeli mutual responsibility and compassion,” said Yad Sarah CEO Moshe Cohen. “Yad Sarah will remain dedicated to offering the Israeli public emotional and physical comfort and support, as we have throughout the war and in routine times.”
For more information and updates
Phone: (416) 781-6416
Website: CanadianFriendsOfYadSarah.com
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About Canadian Friends of Yad Sarah and its parent organization, Yad Sarah, a prominent volunteer-driven organization in Israel, offers essential and compassionate health and home care services for individuals of all ages.
Established in 1976, Yad Sarah operates 127 branches across Israel, supported by over 7,000 volunteers. The organization is renowned for its comprehensive lending service for medical equipment, but its volunteers also operate wheelchair-accessible vans, connect with the homebound, advocate for vulnerable elderly individuals, offer in-home geriatric dental care, manage its play center, and engage in various other activities. Almost every family in Israel has been affected or supported by Yad Sarah. Yad Sarah contributes more than NIS 5.5 billion ($1.5 billion USD) annually to Israel’s healthcare system by providing home hospitalization equipment lending services.
For further information on the organization’s initiatives and to support its ongoing efforts, please visit CanadianFriendsOfYadSarah.com
