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Australian athlete meets MDA team who saved his life.
Only three weeks ago, a 55-year-old athlete collapsed on the field during a soccer match at the 21st Maccabiah Games. The Australian athlete was playing Columbia in the Masters’ Tournament for athletes 55 and over. The MDA team providing medical coverage for the Maccabiah Games responded immediately. Following CPR and electric shocks with a defibrillator, he was…
MDA and Israeli cancer charity sponsor blood and hair donation drive
On Wednesday, Magen David Adom and Zichron Menachem, an Israeli nonprofit for children with cancer, held “Double Donation Day,” an event that encouraged their employees and the Israeli public to donate hair and/or blood. In total, 144 braids were collected from both women and men to create natural, high-quality wigs for cancer patients, and 194…
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…
Israel’s President Rivlin thanks MDA and MDA NSW Australia Donors
“As the 90th Anniversary of MDA’s Establishment Approaches, MDA Continues as They have for Decades to Embody the Phrase ‘He Who Saves One Life is as if He Saved an Entire World.’” On Tuesday February 25th, during his visit to Australia the President of Israel Mr. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin partook in an event in his…
Blood bank development progresses
Magen David Adom has been working hard to finish the new $US 100 million National Blood and Logistics Centre in Ramla. This is the largest capital project that Magen David Adom has ever undertaken. It is a lifesaving collaboration between American Friends of Magen David Adom, Magen David Adom UK, Australian Friends of MDA and…