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MDA administers fourth Covid vaccine to the elderly.

Magen David Adom began administering fourth doses of the Covid vaccine to seniors living in eldercare facilities in an attempt to thwart the spread of the Omicron variant and protect populations most at-risk of becoming seriously ill from the disease. The rollout of the fourth… Read more

“One cannot imagine Israel’s medical system without Magen David Adom,” says health minister.

Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz visited the MDA National Command and Control Center 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… Read more

MDA and Israeli cancer charity sponsor blood and hair donation drive.

On Wednesday, Magen David Adom and Zichron Menachem, an Israeli nonprofit for children with cancer, held “Double Donation Day,” an event that encouraged their employees and the Israeli public to donate hair and/or blood. In total, 144 braids were collected from both women and men… Read more

MDA makes it possible for siblings to meet in person after a decade.

Israel Regev, 92, from Haifa, and his sister, Yeti Itzik, 96, from Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border, both Holocaust survivors, have not seen each other for more than 10 years. The siblings maintained regular telephone contact, but because of their medical conditions and… Read more

Two years ago he was near death. Today Eyal is saving lives.

Two years ago, while training for a marathon, Eyal Tzur, 51, (on the right) had a heart attack. He lost consciousness and collapsed. Chaim Dagan, (left) a senior EMT, was among the first responders. He performed CPR and delivered electric shocks with a defibrillator until… Read more

MDA participates in an emergency multiple-casualty drill involving a train fire.

A joint exercise was held on Wednesday, December 15, by Magen David Adom, the Israeli Police, Israel Fire and Rescue, and the Israel Railways. The goal was to practice emergency response and coordination during a complex incident. The simulation included evacuating multiple casualties from a… Read more

MDA creates computer-aided dispatch system for Hatzalah South Florida, marking the first time this AI technology is used in the U.S.

Magen David Adom’s groundbreaking technology, which powers the emergency dispatching systems in Israel for medical emergencies and the National Fire Rescue Service as well as for the EMS system in the Philippines, is now being used in the United States too. The computer-aided dispatch (CAD)… Read more

Magen David Adom and the United Arab Emirates hold a joint emergency exercise.

As a result of the historic Abraham Accords peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, this week a joint training took place between Magen David Adom and the Emirati National Ambulance Service. The exercise was conducted virtually with observers from the Netherlands, Italy… Read more

MDA holds airplane crash emergency drill.

On November 30, 2021, an emergency drill was held at Ben-Gurion Airport, simulating the crash of a passenger plane on the runway with 250 people onboard. The drill was a joint effort between the Israeli Airports Authority, Magen David Adom, Israel Police, Israel Fire and… Read more

MDA brings “Menorah on Wheels” to Israelis.

Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer, a Magen David Adom ambulance driver and EMT, is bringing the Chanukah spirit across the country with his Menorah on Wheels. The giant chanukiyah is in a trailer towed by an ambulance and is accompanied by MDA personnel on Medicycles and all-terrain evacuation vehicles… Read more