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Magen David Adom is proud to participate in Israel’s National Drone Initiative, testing the ability to deliver blood, platelets, and plasma to two Tel Aviv hospitals via drone. The goal is to verify the method of packaging, product quality during flight, and procedures to ensure they meet Ministry of Health regulations. If the project proves…
Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev announce an academic affiliation
Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national paramedic and Red Cross service, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), one of Israel’s leading universities, are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and EMTs and the quality of pre-hospital emergency care in Israel and potentially around the world. The academic affiliation is…
MDA graduate aces EMT test and saves a life the same day
Joshua Rothstein finished Magen David Adom’s final EMT exam, scoring a perfect 100. That same day, when he arrived at the Haganah train station in Tel Aviv to return to his home in Rehovot, he heard an announcement requesting immediate medical assistance. Right: Joshua Rothstein reunites with Igor Kirkopolo after saving his life a week…
MDA shares Covid blood donation solution at JPost Conference
THE JERUSALEM POST — Magen David Adom has been responsible for all of Israel’s blood supply, including for the IDF, since 1950. MDA has ensured that the State of Israel’s medical system has the blood supply needed despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the organisation’s Director of Blood Services Prof. Eilat Shinar, M.D. “We had…
MDA provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine and support to refugees arriving in Israel
Over & above our usual operations in Israel, Magen David Adom is working tirelessly to assist and support the emergency work in Ukraine and to provide urgent care to those arriving in Israel, many of them holocaust survivors requiring immediate medical attention. MDA’s ongoing emergency operations include: Armored ambulances sent to Ukraine – Due to…
