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When hundreds of wounded began pouring into hospitals on October 7, 2023, Israel’s blood supply system faced a challenge like never before.
“For trauma patients, we need a special type of blood called low-titer O whole blood,” explained Moshe Tzadok, manager of the automatic blood-typing unit at Magen David Adom (MDA). “In regular times, we supply between five to ten units a day to the army and trauma centers. After October 7, we had to supply 100 units every day. It was like a mission impossible.”
The MDA team responded by automating its blood-typing systems, validating new processes, and switching to 12-hour shifts around the clock. They even worked through Shabbat to meet the demand.
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