Day 20 – Iron Swords War: MDA Daily Update

The MDA board recognised Jeremy’s incredible service to our community by dedicating a medicycle in his memory. These first responder medicycles are a vital part of MDA’s lifesaving services as they can more easily navigate through heavy traffic and narrow streets. Thanks to GPS technology, MDA’s world leading dispatch system immediately communicates and deploys the…

WILL THEY STILL NEED US? Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) take over the Doctor’s role? Thank you to all those attended the MDA & AJMF Medical Forum last week with Special Guest Speaker Enrico Coiera. A packed house enjoyed a thoroughly thought provoking, stimulating and sometimes, controversial evening. Stay tuned for Part 2 in our Medical…

7-year-old Rafael Yotam fulfilled his dream of becoming a captain on a navy ship. About four years ago, Rafael Yotam Cohen, who has cancer, fulfilled a dream using an MDA Wish Ambulance – and flew in an MDA-Lahak emergency helicopter in the southern skies of the country. Recently, Rafael Yotam’s rare illness returned for the…

Last week, an ambulance was called to a house in Netanya by the wife of an elderly man who had fallen. After he was treated, Romy Peled, a youth volunteer who was part of the crew, noticed that the couple needed more than just medical assistance. “The patient told us about his and his wife’s…