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3,000 ninth graders become MDA first-aid providers.
In a momentous ceremony that took place in Modi’in, 3,000 ninth graders from around Israel celebrated the completion of their training as first-aid providers for Magen David Adom. The new graduates will work in Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances across the country. “Israel’s national rescue organization relies and depends on its…
With new at-home paramedic service, Israel’s national ambulance service becomes telemedicine pioneer
JERUSALEM – The elderly grandmother had a fever and felt weak, despite the antibiotics her family doctor had prescribed a couple of days earlier for a urinary tract infection. Instead of feeling better, she was getting worse. That’s when her worried family made an urgent call to Magen David Adom – Israel’s national emergency medical…
Magen David Adom and the United Arab Emirates hold a joint emergency exercise
As a result of the historic Abraham Accords peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, this week a joint training took place between Magen David Adom and the Emirati National Ambulance Service. The exercise was conducted virtually with observers from the Netherlands, Italy and France. The simulated multi-casualty scenario involved a bus accident…
Lifesavers on wheels: MDA’s Cyclist Unit
In 2017, Magen David Adom launched its Cyclists Unit, a crew of volunteer EMTs who use electric bicycles to help shorten response time and save lives. Recently, 20 new cyclists were added to the 10-member bicycle unit in the Lachish area in southern Israel that includes Sderot and Ashdod. The new riders underwent a course…
“Iron Swords” War – Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, and former Minister of Welfare and Community Safety, MK Meir Cohen, on his visit to Magen David Adom
“It’s lucky that this wonderful organization called MDA exists here in the State of Israel.” Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, and former Minister of Welfare and Community Safety, MK Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid), this evening visited Magen David Adom’s National Dispatch Center in Kiryat Ono, where he met MDA Director General Eli…
Magen David Adom stands in solidarity with the Jewish communities affected by the coronavirus around the world
MDA Israel held a solidarity event on Lag B’omer with communities to honour those effected by Corona Virus around the world As part of the event, speeches and prayers were held for the sick and words of encouragement given by former Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Senior Surgeon Yehuda Skornick and a heartwarming presentation by…
