Day 20 – Iron Swords War: MDA Daily Update


The Jerusalem Post — The dispatch systems of Israel’s three rescue services are now interconnected so any of the three agencies — the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Service, and Magen David Adom — can now automatically dispatch one another in emergencies without having to manually contact them, as was previously necessary. The interconnect, which…
As we approach the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we look back on another COVID ravaged year, both here in Australia and also in Israel.
Magen David Adom has been and remains at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. MDA has conducted more than five million tests, given more than a million vaccinations, including to employees and residents of all the nursing and retirement homes all over Israel.
Thanks to the quick intervention of the Magen David Adom team, the life of an Australian athlete at the 21st Maccabiah Games was saved! During a football match in Netanya between Australia and Colombia in the Masters’ Tournament for athletes 55 and over, the MDA team assigned to provide emergency medical coverage for the match…
During the weekend, Magen David Adom teams provided medical treatment to 14 casualties, including: 3 wounded by shrapnel, of which 2 men (Thai foreign nationals) about 35 years old who were moderately and lightly injured in the Galilee Panhandle and a 22-year-old man in a minor condition in the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. During Red…
Last week, a man collapsed in the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv. MDA’s 101 emergency call center was immediately contacted and began the process of saving his life with the help of an emergency defibrillator stored on the side of a Mifal HaPais lottery booth. After emergency call center EMT, Yuval Kadishi, realized that the…
For the second year in a row, Magen David Adom stations in Israel’s Lachish region (northwestern Negev) participated in a competition to test their skills. Six stations from Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi, Gam Yaven, Sderot, and Kiryat Gat, joined by four intensive care teams from the Negev, Ayalon, and Jerusalem areas sought to bring home…