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Op-ed by Eli Bin.
The following opinion piece by MDA Director-General Eli Bin was published in South Florida’s SunSentinel onJanuary 12, 2023. Every week there’s another story in the world media about someone who died because of a problem originating at a 911 call center. In Portland, ambulances are delayed before they’re dispatched while 911 operators go through a…
Twelve people from one family volunteer for Magen David Adom.
Meet the Noiman family, where no fewer than 12 members of the family volunteer in Magen David Adom’s Jerusalem Region. The love story between the Noiman family and MDA started when the patriarch of the family, Zvi Noiman, of blessed memory, began his journey in the medical world as an army medic and instilled in…
Doctors and paramedics from around the world join MDA’s International Unit.
Magen David Adom’s International Unit, established in 2007, includes hundreds of doctors and paramedics from a number of countries who voluntarily come to Israel to receive emergency service training. This enables them to return to Israel in times of need to volunteer for MDA. For the first time since the pandemic began, MDA held the…
MDA EMT is critically wounded as he attempted to save a life during a terror attack.
Terror attacks in Israel continue to escalate, occurring nearly daily. Last Saturday, five people were shot and wounded outside a convenience store near Hebron. One of them was one of our own. Ofer Ohana is a senior EMT with Magen David Adom who responded within minutes. While attempting to treat one of the victims, who…