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MDA part of team called to a 12-story scaffolding collapse.
The Jerusalem Post — Two construction workers were killed and one was seriously injured when scaffolding collapsed from a 12-story building in Givat Ze’ev near Jerusalem. All three were trapped under rubble and eventually pulled out by the Fire and Rescue Authority. MDA medics Eli Raymond and Moshe Blach said, “When we arrived there was a…
Cycling group’s hard-learned lesson three years ago led to saving a life today.
A cycling group of fit, active men over 60 regularly bike Israel’s most rugged trails. Recently, they were cycling in the deep desert canyons of Mitzpe Rimon, when suddenly one cyclist went down. “I’m literally alive today thanks to a hard lesson learned three years ago,” said Yaron Efrat, 70, who suffered sudden cardiac arrest…
Twelve people from one family volunteer for Magen David Adom.
Meet the Noiman family, where no fewer than 12 members of the family volunteer in Magen David Adom’s Jerusalem Region. The love story between the Noiman family and MDA started when the patriarch of the family, Zvi Noiman, of blessed memory, began his journey in the medical world as an army medic and instilled in…
Parents of baby born on the side of the road reunite with their deliverer.
Dana Khalili of Jerusalem, suddenly woke up one night with contractions. She roused her husband, Asher, and they began the drive to the hospital. “On the way to the hospital my water broke,” said Dana. So they stopped on the side of the road and called 101, MDA’s emergency hotline. Yossi Himmelfarb, the EMT who…
Another terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
A 6-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were killed and five other Israelis injured in Jerusalem just hours before the start of Shabbat today when a terrorist rammed his vehicle into a crowd waiting at a bus stop. A Magen David Adom paramedic witnessed the attack and began providing aid immediately while other MDA EMTs and…