Responding to the arson attack on the Hatzola ambulance service in North London, BMA council chair Dr Tom Dolphin said:

“We are appalled to see this attack on ambulances that provide an important service to people in North London. Anti-Semitism is abhorrent, and deliberate attacks on healthcare services are reprehensible, and this horrendous incident involves both. It is a relief that no one was injured, but this makes the attack no less sickening. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community in North London and across the UK.”

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