A religious ruling permits ultra-orthodox Jews [who are workers at Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services] to operate their mobile phones on the Sabbath and religious holidays with their teeth...Recently, the agency began replacing workers' paging systems with modern mobile phones equipped with GPS technology that locates workers and volunteers closest to the scene of an accident, shortening the response time, the report said...a specially designed case...prevents phones from being shut down accidentally. To confirm response to dispatch, workers are permitted to hold a small metal pin between their teeth and press the necessary buttons on the phones, the Web site said...
In my humble opinion, as I have myself experienced - having been a volunteer at Shaare Zedek Hospital which is administered according to Halacha - in life-threatening situations, one uses all necessary medical aid and medical support in a regular fashion.
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