The Government is still debating restrictions on outdoor restaurant seating and pools ahead of implementation. Magen David Adom is set to open some 220 antigen test centers around Israel on Wednesday as new restrictions come into force to combat rising cases of COVID-19. The government is attempting to prevent a potential lockdown during the High…
How do you recognize an organization that’s proved vital in saving lives during the worst pandemic in more than a century? For Israel, one way is to immortalize them by issuing postage stamps paying homage to their work. Three postage stamps commemorating the work of Magen David Adom, Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, were…
No one could have envisioned the year of the pandemic. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Magen David Adom paramedic Rami Maushar was scared but excited the night of February 21. He stood on the cold tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport to greet the 11 Israelis who were returning to the country after being quarantined on the Diamond Princess “coronavirus” ship for…
Magen David Adom reported last week (7th January) that it has completed the first round of vaccinations in all of the country’s nursing home and elderly-care facilities, making Israel the first country in the world to provide phase 1 vaccinations to all its nursing home patients. This week, the second round of vaccinations will begin,…
IDF soldiers set a record for the largest annual blood donation in the last ten years! The blood phlebotomists reserve unit was set up by the Medical Corps to assist MDA Blood Services efforts during the Covid-19 outbreak. The record was set in 2020 by the IDF soldiers for donating about 72,000 units of blood…
Naama’s story No one could believe it when the emergency call came in that a 6-year-old girl in Israel was having a stroke. And when Naama lost consciousness in the ambulance on the way to the hospital it looked like the worst was about to happen. Naama had woken up from a nap screaming that…
This Chanukah, Australian Friends of Magen David Adom are raising funds for the first underground and shielded Blood Bank in the world, which will keep Israel’s vital blood supplies safe. he new National Blood Services Centre is the most important strategic security project in Israel today. While Australia has over 96 permanent blood donation centres…
Coronavirus in Numbers – Official Data: Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak MDA teams have tested more than 2, 700,000 people Magen David Adom announced today (Thursday), that since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak (February 24), MDA teams have tested 2,721,131 people. The tests were performed, during the past 9 months, at a…
EMT Abraham Ivri started working at MDA about a month ago. His wife Reut, who was 9 months pregnant feared that when she went into labour her husband would be on duty. On Saturday night she went into labour, and as she had feared husband was on shift. In a race against the clock Abraham…
Magen David Adom operates a large station in the city of Hadera, where a mobile intensive care unit and ambulances operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with an additional MDA satellite station being inaugurated in the Beit Eliezer neighborhood in the southeast of the city. The new satellite station is located in…
Israeli actor Lior Kalfon was hospitalised with COVID-19 recently and as soon as he recovered, he went to Magen David Adom to donate plasma. MDA has developed an antibody-vaccine that helps treat individuals severely affected by the virus, by using plasma from recovered patients. This treatment has already saved many lives!
‘Vaccines on Wheels’ is a new program established by MDA to prepare for the incoming coronavirus vaccinations. Manufactured by the Israeli company Caravilla, these unique caravans are specially designed for optimal hygiene, storage, and safety when it comes to administering the vaccines. In the meantime, the vehicles will be used for ‘on-the-go’ flu vaccinations as…