The Lifesaver Newsletter
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MDA continues to innovate the way we battle coronavirus. Since the beginning, MDA has been at the forefront of handling the pandemic and as a result, many of our staff have and are at risk of contracting the virus. To mitigate this, MDA, along with Mifal Hapais, Israel’s National Lottery, have set up monitoring systems…
A senior EMT – ambulance driver in MDA, Aharon Chaimov, of blessed memory, was murdered when he was shot this morning in an MDA ambulance on his way to treat the wounded in his city, Ofakim, during a surprise attack on the State of Israel. | MDA Director General: “A person for whom the welfare…
Coronavirus in Numbers – Official Data: Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak MDA teams have tested more than 2, 700,000 people Magen David Adom announced today (Thursday), that since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak (February 24), MDA teams have tested 2,721,131 people. The tests were performed, during the past 9 months, at a…
Miracle 1: A mass casualty accident occurred when a fully laden bus and van collided on road 89 near Hurfeish in northern Israel. 5 people were killed including the bus driver. MDA responded to the incident by sending a helicopter, MICU’s and medicycles. An MDA paramedic on the scene recalls: “this was a very serious…
Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz visited the MDA National Command and Control Centre in Kiryat Ono on Thursday morning. The minister met with MDA Director-General Eli Bin who shared the challenges MDA faces daily, how Covid has compounded them, and the lifesaving organization’s solutions to overcoming them. The minister viewed a presentation by Chief Information…
In recent weeks, Israelis breathed a collective sign of relief as the country’s world-leading vaccination initiative brought Covid infection rates down and enabled the country to dramatically reduce pandemic restrictions. However, the return to some semblance of normal life didn’t last long. By today, Israeli lives were once again in danger in the form of…