A man, aged 59, tragically lost his life this afternoon in a mikvah located on Yerushalayim Street in Bnei Brak. Emergency responders from Magen David Adom rushed to the scene and administered CPR but were unable to revive him, ultimately pronouncing him dead at the location.
Dennis Blokun, an MDA paramedic, recounted that upon arrival, the medics were informed by witnesses that a man had been found unconscious at the bottom of the mikvah. “They immediately went to help him and pulled him out of the water. He was unconscious, without a pulse, and not breathing. People on the scene began performing basic CPR, and when we arrived, we continued to perform advanced CPR, which unfortunately led to his death at the scene,” he stated.
Hatzalah paramedics Yisroel Hershtik and Eli Greinemann shared their observations: “When we arrived at the mikvah, we found a 59-year-old man who had been pulled from the water unconscious, without a pulse, and not breathing, after being found in the water Together, Hatzalah and MDA paramedics performed advanced CPR on him, which included massages, providing respiratory assistance, and administering an electric shock, but unfortunately, after medical examinations, the paramedics were forced to declare him dead at the scene.”
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