President’s Dinner 2017
13th August 2017
[masterslider alias=”ms-3-8″]
13th August 2017
[masterslider alias=”ms-3-8″]
When Shimon Michaeli, just 2.5 years-old stopped breathing during the night, his 13-year-old brother, Nissim noticed. Nissim’s quick action led to an immediate call to MDA. “I came home from a friend’s bar mitzvah and got in bed. I noticed he wasn’t breathing properly,” said Nissim. Nissim woke his parents who called MDA. The EMT…
Twenty-one years ago, while the Drori family was preparing dinner, 2-year-old Tzur disappeared. The worried family went into the yard to look for him, and found him unconscious in the pond at the entrance. “It was a terrifying sight,” recalled Limor, Tzur’s mother. “I ran to call my mother who is a nurse, in the…
“I’m sure you and the public all know that Magen David Adom is a state all of its own for co-existence. Jews save Arabs. Arabs save Jews. I think it’s an example for the whole world.”Fadi Dekaidek Fadi Dekaidek, the first Magen David Adom paramedic on the scene of Friday night’s [January 27, 2023] deadly…
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…
Thursday 17th August 2017 [masterslider alias=”ms-3-7″]
Haaretz — Israelis trust Magen David Adom’s skilled medical teams to save lives 24/7 by rushing to the scenes of accidents, violent incidents, and other emergencies. Few are aware of the organization’s remarkable efforts to fine-tune its operations by adopting innovative technologies — and save even more lives. When someone in Israel calls 101 — the emergency…