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Changes to the MDA Overseas Volunteer Program
Unfortunately the May program has officially been cancelled. All participants have been contacted and MDA Israel will be processing a full refund of any fees paid (minus the $50 application fee). With regards to the June & July sessions, we are recommending that participants not book their flights for now and we will keep you…
Magen David Adom turns telephone booths & lottery kiosks into lifesavers
Magen David Adom has entered joint ventures with Bezeq and Mifal HaPayis to install defibrillators around the country to help counter the most common cause of death in Israel and around the world – cardiac arrest. Israel’s main telephone company, Bezeq Israel Telecom, has announced that it will work with Magen David Adom in converting…
MDA brings Menorah on Wheels to Israelis
Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer, a Magen David Adom ambulance driver and EMT, is bringing the Chanukah spirit across the country with his Menorah on Wheels. The giant chanukiyah is on a trailer towed by an ambulance and accompanied by MDA personnel on Medicycles and all-terrain evacuation vehicles who are sharing the holiday spirit with the public….
Against all odds, stroke victim survives.
A year ago, Avi Danny, 47, had a major stroke due to an aneurism. Neither the MDA team who arrived at the scene nor the doctors in the hospital he was taken to had high hopes for his survival. But after two weeks in a coma, Avi woke up. Following a 10-month rehabilitation, Avi decided…