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latest news from MAGEN DAVID ADOM in israel
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MDA TEACHES SUDANESE REFUGEES HOW TO SAVE LIVES (29/12/2011)
Eleven refugees attended an MDA First Aid/Lifesaving Course prior to returning to homes in South Sudan.
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Supported by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the 10-day course was held at the MDA station in Eilat
and taught in Arabic by MDA paramedic, Osama Abu Mukh. Its aim was to enable them to treat people
and use lifesaving techniques to save lives in their homeland, where access to quality medical
assistance is very sparse.
MDA Director-General, Eli Bin, said that the knowledge acquired by these Sudanese refugees would serve
them well throughout their lives and would help save many others in their country. He welcomed this
initiative was an excellent expression of MDA's active membership in the International Red Cross movement.
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MDA TEAMS RUSH TO TREAT TOURIST BUS CRASH VICTIMS (18/11/2011)
A "Mass Casualty Incident" was declared 05:07 am in the Yarden Region when a truck collided with a
bus full of tourists near the Golany Intersection in the lower Galill hills. The bus was on its way
to Ben Gurion International Airport.
Six MDA MICU's and fourteen ambulances rushed to the scene of the collision where they treated a
total of 47 victims - one victim suffered moderate to severe injuries and was transported to
Haifa's Rambam Medical Centre, while another victim with minor injuries was taken to Poriya Medical
Centre in Tiberias.
The remaining wounded tourists, who suffered minor injuries, refused to be transported to local
medical centres and continued on their journey to the airport after receiving medical attention by
MDA medical teams on scene.
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MDA RESPONDS TO BEN GURION AIRPORT EMERGENCY (09/11/2011)
An emergency situation was declared at Ben Gurion Airport after a Boeing 777 plane, carrying
over 280 passengers reported that smoke was coming from the aircraft following takeoff. The pilot
transmitted a distress signal and returned the plane to Ben Gurion Airport where it landed safely
and was escorted back to the terminal.
Numerous Magen David Adom and other emergency service vehicles were present on stand-by while
the plane landed back at the airport.
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MDA RESPONDS TO GRAD MISSILE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL (29/10/2011)
Magen David Adom teams responded within six minutes to rocket attacks on the cities of Gan Yavneh
and Ashdod in which one victim was killed, one moderately wounded and numerous other suffered from
shock.
At 6:52pm, MDA Lachish Regional Dispatch Centre activated a Mass Casualty Incident protocol for a
direct hit of a Grad missile in a high-rise residential building. Nine standard ambulances, 2 MICU's,
1 four-wheel drive command vehicle, a scooter and a MCRV were immediately sent to the scene.
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MDA RESPONDS TO EILAT TERRORIST ATTACKS (18/08/2011)
A well planned and coordinated four-pronged attack, that Israel's Ministry of Defense attributes to have originated from Gaza,
has killed seven and wounded 31. The terrorists first open fire on Egged bus #392, en route to Eilat from Mitzpe Ramon, and then
detonated roadside bombs when the IDF sent vehicles to respond. In a third attack a mortar shell, reportedly fired from Sinai,
barely missed a private vehicle and in the fourth incident another bus and automobile were ambushed by small arms fire and rocket
fired grenades (RPGs).
Magen David Adom reports that seven Israelis died and 31 were injured. MDA treated the victims at the scenes and raced them to
Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat. The seven most severely wounded were then airlifted to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
In the aftermath of the attacks, IDF soldiers engaged the terrorists and killed a number of them, however this evening two Israeli
soldiers were gravely wounded by terrorist gunfire north of Eilat. Shortly beforehand, Israel retaliated with aircraft attacking
targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least six people, including a senior commander in the Popular Resistance Committees,
Kamal Abu Abed al-Nairab. Three rockets fired at Ashkelon from Gaza were then intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
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