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With new at-home paramedic service, Israel’s national ambulance service becomes telemedicine pioneer
JERUSALEM – The elderly grandmother had a fever and felt weak, despite the antibiotics her family doctor had prescribed a couple of days earlier for a urinary tract infection. Instead of feeling better, she was getting worse. That’s when her worried family made an urgent call to Magen David Adom – Israel’s national emergency medical…
New technology automatically alerts MDA when a vehicle is in an accident
An Israeli insurance company is capitalizing on technology developed by Magen David Adom and Israeli tech startup MDGo that will automatically notify MDA when vehicles owned by the insurer’s clients are involved in accidents. The insurance company, Direct Insurance, and MDA both see the technology as a potential lifesaver, saving crucial minutes by instantly notifying…
Israel’s President Rivlin thanks MDA and MDA NSW Australia Donors
“As the 90th Anniversary of MDA’s Establishment Approaches, MDA Continues as They have for Decades to Embody the Phrase ‘He Who Saves One Life is as if He Saved an Entire World.’” On Tuesday February 25th, during his visit to Australia the President of Israel Mr. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin partook in an event in his…
IDF soldiers top record with blood drive
IDF soldiers set a record for the largest annual blood donation in the last ten years! The blood phlebotomists reserve unit was set up by the Medical Corps to assist MDA Blood Services efforts during the Covid-19 outbreak. The record was set in 2020 by the IDF soldiers for donating about 72,000 units of blood…
MDA needs your help to protect Israel’s blood supply
This Chanukah, Australian Friends of Magen David Adom are raising funds for the first underground and shielded Blood Bank in the world, which will keep Israel’s vital blood supplies safe. he new National Blood Services Centre is the most important strategic security project in Israel today. While Australia has over 96 permanent blood donation centres…