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Magen David Adom and Israel Midwives Organization’s joint ‘First Contractions’ project now has 200 volunteers to help expectant mothers who can’t get to a hospital in time.

An initiative that dispatches local midwives to assist with out-of-hospital births across Israel is set to expand, the Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance service and the Israel Midwives Organization announced Thursday.

The project, known as First Contractions, began during the war in the north and will expand throughout the country in nonwar times as well.

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