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Israel National News/Arutz Sheva — Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was presented with an award last week for its innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, which MDA uses as the foundation for its world-renowned computer-assisted ambulance dispatch system. The award was announced by Jack Dangermond, founder and president of…
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…
Israel’s battle against COVID-19
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Israel, Magen David Adom has been at the frontline of the battle against the virus. MDA’s tactics in combatting COVID-19 have been critical in preventing an even larger crisis in Israel. Since MDA’s inception 90 years ago, its purpose has been to provide real-time medical assistance to the people…
Born in a Special Ambulance
“The reason we donated the ambulance is precisely for moments like this!” Holocaust survivors Simon Lipczyc and Augusta Suzanna Lipczyz-Brand made Aliya to Israel from Belgium just 8 months ago. They looked for a good cause in Israel to which they would like to make a large donation. After some time and thought, they decided…
